Wild nature and domesticated food
Black Lion by Sicelo Mbatha with Bridget Pitt (Jonathan Ball, R280)
Subtitled ‘Alive in the wilderness’, this memoir tracks Mbatha’s growth from a rural childhood in KwaZulu-Natal, where nature is red in tooth and claw. Mbatha and his young friends learn to fear and avoid it where possible, then a transformative natural moment helps to heal emotional scars and
