Suitcase of Memory has been selected as part of Exclusive Books’s prestigious Homebru campaign. The annual campaign is a tribute to local writers and celebrates SA talent. This year’s theme was: Not the same old story. Fiction and non-fiction titles selected for the campaign include everything from history and identity to feminism and fresh personal…
Cape Community Newspapers’s Chantel Erfort asks A’Eysha Kassiem about the novel’s themes, including her writing process and how you should never be afraid to tell your story.
The Saturday Star’s Karishma Dipa unpacks the power of untold stories and the role that history plays in how we understand who we are.
The Cape Times’s Jennifer Crocker talks to A’Eysha Kassiem about a novel that was 15 years in the making and the inspiration behind it.
Daily Maverick’s Sandisiwe Shoba talks to A’Eysha Kassiem about racial and cultural identity and why black writers should start telling their stories.