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Mohale Mashigo
Mohale Mashigo, born Kgomotso Carol Mashigo (and also known by her stage name Black Porcelain) is a South African singer-songwriter, novelist, and former radio presenter.[1] Her debut novel The Yearning (Pan Macmillan, 2016)[2] won the 2017 University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Debut Writing and was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2018.[3] She lives in Cape Town.[4] BackgroundMohale was born in Mapetla, Soweto, in 1983.[5] She describes herself as a storyteller who uses the medium of music and prose for expression.[4] MusicAs a musician, she performs under the name Black Porcelain.[1] Her music is play-listed in 36 countries and debut album, Invincible Summer, won two Wawela Music Awards in June 2013.[6] WritingMashigo's debut novel, The Yearning, was published by Pan Macmillan in May 2016. It has been described as "a bewitching addition to the current South African literary boom...", a story told "with charming lucidity, disarming characterisation, subversive wisdom and subtle humour."[2] Mashigo says she wrote it "as a story of healing primarily for myself. The entire book is about secrets and how we heal ourselves from our past."[7] It won the 2016 University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Debut Writing and has been longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2018.[3] Other books include Intruders (Picador Africa, 2018), a collection of speculative short stories, and Beyond the River, a novelisation of the film by the same name. She is one of the writers for Kwezi, a comic book series set in contemporary urban South Africa.[8] Mashigo won the inaugural Philida Literary Award in 2020.[9] References
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