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Jenny's Hot Takes Episode 40 : An extract from "My Land Obsession"

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Author and lawyer Bulelwa Mabasa says she used her non-fiction book to highlight the many ways that black history has been omitted from South Africa's school curriculum.

"My Land Obsession" is up for this year's Sunday Times Literary Awards in partnership with Exclusive Books.

In the run up the awards, HOT1027's Jenny Crwys-Williams got Bulelwa to read us an extract..

21 Oct 2023 English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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