Interview with Sindiwe Magona by Guarducci, Maria Paola

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Ecofeminist invitations in the works of Sindiwe Magona by Dianne Shober

“…Through its interrogation of selected works by the black South African writer, Sindiwe Magona, it seeks to reveal the value of literature as a tool to counteract destructive political and patriarchal rhetorical paradigms, which have served to oppress nature and women and, through ecofeminist discourse, mitigate lasting global change.…”
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Epistemic Responsibility and Community Engagement in Sindiwe Magona’s Beauty’s Gift by Goutam Karmakar, Rajendra Chetty

“… HIV/AIDS has pervasively affected the health and well-being of South African women, as evidenced by their exacerbating mortality rates over the decades. Sindiwe Magona’s Beauty’s Gift (2008) is a critical intervention in this regard because, in focusing on the death of a young black woman owing to her infection with HIV/AIDS, it critiques the overarching and ingrained patriarchal ideologies that are hindering the treatment and prevention of this disease. …”
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An African’s faith: Discourse and disclosure in selected works by Sindiwe Magona by Dianne Shober

“…This article examines these metaphoric realities in the cohesive interplay of African traditions and western Christianity in the oeuvre of recognised black South African writer Sindiwe Magona.…”
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A father’s legacy ignites a daughter’s fire by Dianne Shober

Subjects: “…book review, South African novel, Sindiwe Magona…”
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Don Jadu (S.E.K. Mqhyai) by Sindiwe Magona

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Mqhayi's chapter and verse: Kees van die Kalahari becoming u-Adonisi wasentlango by Antjie Krog, Sindiwe Magona

“…As part of a larger project which will compare the two texts in their totality, this essay is a preliminary exercise to determine the history of the translated text and more specifically to explore what Mqhayi’s possible translation strategies could have been which rendered the book so ‘home- grown’. According to Sindiwe Magona, ‘It was prescribed to me in high school and I taught it, but neither I, nor my colleagues, realised that it was a translation. …”
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Post-apartheid transnationalism in black South African literature: a reality or a fallacy? by Lesibana Rafapa

“…I first analyse two post-apartheid novels written by the black writers Niq Mhlongo (Dog Eat Dog 2004) and Sindiwe Magona (Beauty’s Gift, 2008). Secondly, I consider three post-apartheid novels by the black writers Phaswane Mpe (Welcome to Our Hillbrow, 2001), Kgebetli Moele (Room 207, 2009) and Kopano Matlwa (Coconut, 2007). …”
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