Beauty’s Gift Sindiwe Magona Books
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Beauty’s Gift is a riveting, moving tale of how four women lose their best friend. And how they decide to change the fate of their own lives as well as the lives of those closest to them. The AIDS-activist Zackie Achmat described it as "one of the most important books about HIV/AIDS in our country.”
The FFF used to consist of Five Friends Edith, Cordelia, Amanda, Doris and Beauty. But then Beauty suddenly becomes very ill, and after six short weeks, passes away. On her deathbed she begs Amanda to promise her one thing – that she and the rest of the FFF will not pass away prematurely like she is doing. All because of an unfaithful husband . . . Ukuhle, she begs of Amanda. May you live a long life, and may you become old.
Edith, Cordelia, Amanda and Doris all swear an oath after Beauty’s premature death, that they won’t have unprotected sex – not even with their husbands – and that they will find out their own HIV status as well as that of their husbands/partners.
This is Sindiwe Magona at her very best – writing about social issues, and not keeping quiet. Speak up, she says to women in Africa. Stand up, and take control of your own lives.
Beauty’s Gift Sindiwe Magona Books
As I like to support local (South African)authors, I added it to my basket.The FFF used to consist of Five Friends: Edith, Cordelia, Amanda, Doris and Beauty. But then Beauty passes away suddenly. Aids has claimed another victim. On her deathbed, she extracts a promise from Amanda. Ukuhle, she begs of Amanda. May you live a long life, and may you become old.
Because Beauty's premature death was as a result of her unfaithful husband, the remaining friends all swear an oath: they won't have unprotected sex - not even with their husbands - and they will find out their own HIV status as well as that of their husbands/partners. This oath has surprising consequences.
Aids and its impact on African life is clearly a dominating theme. But this book offers so much more than that. It challenges oppression that masquerades as tradition and irresponsibility that hides behind love.
While dealing with a predominantly (but not exclusively) African problem, Magona points a delightfully irreverent finger at our prolific and polygamous President. In a gentle but strong - almost motherly - way she gives a masterly indictment of the predisposition of some African males to infidelity, promiscuity and reckless negligence towards the women who love them.
But she is clear-headed enough to also condemn the women who, in this time of Aids, passively accept this state of affairs (excuse the pun) because of `tradition'. Encouragingly, there are also characters - too few of them, the FFF's lament - like Amanda's brother PP, who are the best of what an African man can be. There is also the sympathetic portrayal of Selby, Doris's fiancé, a good man who struggles with the transition from traditional sexual mores to a more modern, and responsible, attitude.
In an easy-to-read style, with touches of humour and deep poignancy, Magona has produced a novel that is about the evolution of the African soul towards a new kind of freedom; one in which both sexes take responsibility for their lives in an effort to curb a new and dangerous enemy: Aids.
As the remaining friends face challenges to their beliefs, and their relationships are tested and sometimes found wanting, a core message shines through: use your freedom responsibly.
`Beauty's Gift' is a gift to all women, for it shows how a women's strength and gentleness can be combined to effect changes in a world that is often violent, and even more often lonely. But the FFF's have each other and, in their unity, lies their salvation.
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Beauty’s Gift Sindiwe Magona Books Reviews
This is a book that should be read by all. Though written about a South African group of women friends by a South African author, it is a book that should be read by everyone who can read English (sadly it is yet to be translated). Sindiwe Magona, has written two biographical accounts of her life - stage 1 and stage 2 - and I hope I do not read stage 3 for quite awhile. She has allowed me to enter into the joy and pain of her life as a child and woman in the townships of Cape Town during Apartheid and as it is now. Although Beauty's Gift is a novel, it allows one to enter into the current AIDS epidemic as if the victims were your own dearest friends. All of Sindiwe Magona's work should be available in the US. All of her work is current and should be easily available for all who want to know more about black women in South Africa and the lives of women and families living in poverty anywhere.
As I like to support local (South African)authors, I added it to my basket.
The FFF used to consist of Five Friends Edith, Cordelia, Amanda, Doris and Beauty. But then Beauty passes away suddenly. Aids has claimed another victim. On her deathbed, she extracts a promise from Amanda. Ukuhle, she begs of Amanda. May you live a long life, and may you become old.
Because Beauty's premature death was as a result of her unfaithful husband, the remaining friends all swear an oath they won't have unprotected sex - not even with their husbands - and they will find out their own HIV status as well as that of their husbands/partners. This oath has surprising consequences.
Aids and its impact on African life is clearly a dominating theme. But this book offers so much more than that. It challenges oppression that masquerades as tradition and irresponsibility that hides behind love.
While dealing with a predominantly (but not exclusively) African problem, Magona points a delightfully irreverent finger at our prolific and polygamous President. In a gentle but strong - almost motherly - way she gives a masterly indictment of the predisposition of some African males to infidelity, promiscuity and reckless negligence towards the women who love them.
But she is clear-headed enough to also condemn the women who, in this time of Aids, passively accept this state of affairs (excuse the pun) because of `tradition'. Encouragingly, there are also characters - too few of them, the FFF's lament - like Amanda's brother PP, who are the best of what an African man can be. There is also the sympathetic portrayal of Selby, Doris's fiancé, a good man who struggles with the transition from traditional sexual mores to a more modern, and responsible, attitude.
In an easy-to-read style, with touches of humour and deep poignancy, Magona has produced a novel that is about the evolution of the African soul towards a new kind of freedom; one in which both sexes take responsibility for their lives in an effort to curb a new and dangerous enemy Aids.
As the remaining friends face challenges to their beliefs, and their relationships are tested and sometimes found wanting, a core message shines through use your freedom responsibly.
`Beauty's Gift' is a gift to all women, for it shows how a women's strength and gentleness can be combined to effect changes in a world that is often violent, and even more often lonely. But the FFF's have each other and, in their unity, lies their salvation.
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