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    Random Heart Poetry : Time and Place
    Random Heart Poetry : Time and Place
    Random Heart Poetry : Time and Place
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    Random Heart Poetry : Time and Place

    By Mala Naidoo

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    Time and Place are reflections on the past, present and future. Poems include meditations on dawn, the sea, a walk down history's corridors, and grief as life's raw expression of pain, truth and beauty.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMala Naidoo
    Release dateSep 24, 2021
    ISBN9780648809074
    Random Heart Poetry : Time and Place
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    Mala Naidoo

    Mala Naidoo is an Australian author. She was born in South Africa during the apartheid era which is the impetus for her fictional stories. Mala believes literature speaks through the values and culture of its characters, instilling understanding when readers connect to a moment in time, an event or conversation that brings clarity to daily existence. Mala Naidoo is the author of Across Time and Space, Vindication Across Time, Souls Of Her Daughters, Chosen Lives, and The Rain - A Collection of Short Stories.

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      Random Heart Poetry - Mala Naidoo

      Random Heart Poetry

      Random Heart Poetry

      Time and Place

      Mala Naidoo

      In loving memory of my father

      About the Author

      Mala Naidoo is an Australian author. She has worked as an educator in Australia, and in South Africa during the grip of apartheid atrocities, and the early days of its dismantling. Mala Naidoo upholds justice for all in her novels and poems on culture, race, gender, and identity. Her writing mission is: in our angst and joy we are ONE under the Sky of Humanity

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