How Dassie Missed Getting a Tail (African Folk Tales 7)

Sindiwe Magona

Sindiwe Magona is a writer, poet, dramatist, storyteller, actress and motivational speaker. She has published two autobiographical works: To My Children’s Children(1990) and Forced to Grow (1992). Her first novel, The Best Meal Ever!, was published in 1998. She has also written a number of children’s books, including The Best Meal Ever! and Life is a Hard But Beautiful Thing. In 2008 her novel Beauty’s Gift was published. The AIDS-activist Zackie Achmat described it as “one of the most important books about HIV/AIDS in our country”.