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Mokgethi is not your average teenage girl. Mokgethi dreams of going to Oxford to study Actuarial Science. But her grandmother and aunt have other ideas, and with no one to fight her corner, except for her younger brother Khutso, Mokgethi is forced to realise that her dreams may well turn out to be just that. Dreams.

Kgebetli Moele returns with perhaps his most controversial novel to date – a novel written from the perspective of a seventeen year old girl. Untitled explores the challenges that face young women trying to escape the poverty into which they have been born – Mokgethi’s life is all about overcoming poor education, escaping sexual predators (young and old) and dealing with the lack of positive role models in her township.

In this explosive novel, Moele deals head-on with sexual abuse, rape and poverty in a way that very few South African authors can.

210 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2013

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3 reviews4 followers
October 11, 2014
"The people who lead us are these men, the people who write the law are these men, the people who administer justice are these men, and the people who police us are these men. How can they put him in prison? How can they write a law against him? How can they not find in his favour? How can they not protect him? Because he is them."
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72 reviews4 followers
January 2, 2016
This book is truly great and I can't believe it is not more widely known. Everyone in South Africa should be talking about it as it speaks to the horrific reality of teen girls' lives in the townships. I can't breathe after reading it!
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1,095 reviews12 followers
July 4, 2021
Dit is een striemende aanklacht tegen wat vrouwen, maar vooral jonge meisjes - kinderen nog - aangedaan wordt in de armenwijken van Zuid-Afrika, op seksueel vlak, maar ook op vlak van machtsmisbruik, psychische en fysieke geweldpleging. En de aanklacht is des te harder daar ze hier niet geschreven wordt door een vrouwelijke activiste, maar door een man.
Kgebetli Moele neemt geen blad voor de mond, hij zegt de dingen zoals ze zich voordoen.
Is dit werk daarom controversieel? Neen, wat mij betreft niet... een aanklacht kan niet controversieel zijn... een aanklacht is wat ze is, een beschuldiging, een blootleggen van de onaanvaardbare daden van machthebbers die schaamteloos misbruik maken van hun positie... maar het zijn niet alleen de machthebbers, het zijn ook alle macho's die van mening zijn dat het recht van de sterkste een universeel geldende wet is.
Nochtans, laat ons eerlijk wezen... ook het gedrag van de vrouwen en jonge meisjes laat veel te wensen over. In feite kunnen we stellen dat die ganse "samenleving" totaal scheef draait.
En ik maak me geen illusies, deze aanklacht beperkt zich niet tot Zuid-Afrika. Overal ter wereld zijn er naamloze slachtoffers die "Untitled" ondergaan, de schande van het mensdom.
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87 reviews9 followers
May 9, 2022
A timeless and very relatable read. Even though premised in a township context, the author vividly expresses how black people relate in South Africa today. Change is definitely needed and I think this book is an essential for every aspirant black South African girl.
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June 2, 2022
How can I expect a man to come and help me if he is the one doing this to me? Untitled is a great read, it's to much🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥I feel blessed to have read this Book in my lifetime.
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239 reviews26 followers
March 25, 2023
Jeg erklærer hermed mig selv for defloreret…
Sådan indledes bogen, der følger den unge Mokgethi, som sammen med sin lillebror Khutso vokser op i nærmest foragt hos mormoren efter morens død. Hun ser sin far i smug, men da morens familie mener, at han er skyld i morens død, holder han sig væk og overlader børnene til dem uden kamp. Og da Mokgethi tages ud af privatskolen, og i stedet må indfinde sig på den lokale skole med en pædofil rektor, lærer hun, at hun mere eller mindre må klare sig selv.
'Uden titel' handler om kvindernes vilkår i Sydafrika, og det er en bog, der gør mere end indtryk.
Læs min fulde omtale her - https://anettesbookshelf.dk/uden-titel/
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