Colour Me Blue

by Gaele Sobott

Gaele Sobott-Mogwe is the author of several children's books and has lived in Botswana since 1978. She is a lecturer in the English Department at the University of Botswana. In this haunting collection of short stories, fantasy and reality blend as African history and tradition meld with the grittiness of everyday life. Gaele Sobott-Mogwe's stories tell of everyday life in Southern Africa. She captures the casual or determined oppression of men and women, the delightful tenderness of human affection, the powerful rhythm of African myth. The politics of personal relationship are explored against a background of social injustice and material hardship. Yet we never lose sight of the individual human experience, the moment of insight, the sensation of pain or pleasure.

Genres: Africa

121 pages, Paperback

First published February 8, 1995

Reviews

[John Benson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this up from a pile of books that one of the local college libraries were giving away for free. It was a good pick on my part. While Gaele Sobott is an Australian author, it is included in Heinemann's African Writers Series. The author is married to a man from Botswana and the title story captures their inter-racial marriage well. She has lived in Botswana for most of her adult life. The stories bring out life in Botswana and southern Africa well, with all of its grittiness and humanity. It does not feel like your usual expatriate writings about Africa, so it is appropriate that it was included in the series.

[Latifa Rabi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great insight into southern african life