The Star Child

<h2><b>Longlisted for The Sunday Times SA Fiction Prize 2017<br/>Longlisted for the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2016</p><p>''With the patterns of a praise singer, and the lyricism of a born poet, debut novelist Unathi Magubeni catches you in the rhythm of his story and doesn''t let you go until it is spent''</b> Jacqui L''Ange</h2></p><p>Nwelezelanga is born with albinism. Convinced by the midwife that an albino child is a curse, her mother places her in a river to drown.</p><p>However, fate has other plans and the baby is rescued and raised by a traditional healer. She grows into an old soul with mystic abilities and her story unfolds as she lives a rural life, connected to the earth and ancient rituals.</p><p><i>The Star Child</i> is magical and poetic with an assured voice and eloquent prose, Magubeni invites us into the life of this extraordinary being, Nwelezelanga, the child who should not have been.</p><p><b>''Lyrical¿ Nuggets of wisdom glisten throughout the story''</b> Sara