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Magona published two autobiographies: To My Children's Children and Forced To Grow; two collections of short stories: Living Loving and Lying Awake at Night and Push-Push and Other Stories; and four novels: Mother to Mother, Beauty's Gift, Life is a Hard but Beautiful Thing, and Chasing Tails of My Father's Cattle!
This online bibliography is dedicated to the works of Dr. Sindiwe Magona, an award-winning author from South Africa who has written novels, short story collections, autobiographies and biographies, stage plays, radio plays, a screenplay, a book of poetry, and over 100 children’s books.
Ms Magona is the founder and Executive Director of South Africa 2033. A worker for peaceful change during the years of struggle in South Africa, she was one of the founding members of the Women’s Peace Movement in 1976.
She has written over 100 children’s books, stage plays, books of short stories, including Living, Loving and Lying Awake At Night (one of Africa’s 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century), autobiography, novels, radio plays, and a screenplay.
Mar 5, 2021 · Magona has published over a dozen books for adults, from critically acclaimed novels – like Beauty’s Gift – to poems, plays and biographies. She has written over 130 children’s books.
- Puleng Segalo
Jul 12, 2023 · From domestic worker to matriarch of South African literature, the book is a reflection on her writing journey.
Mar 9, 2021 · She has written over 130 children’s books. But it is her two autobiographies that drew my attention as a psychology scholar. In these, To My Children’s Children (1990) and Forced to Grow (1992), Magona narrates her story of memory, remembering, class, belonging, home and identity.
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