The Way I See It. The Musings of a Black Woman in the Rainbow Nation

Title: The Way I See It
Subtitle: The Musings of a Black Woman in the Rainbow Nation
Author: Lerato Tshabalala
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Imprint: Penguin Books
Cape Town, South Africa 2017
ISBN 9781776090150 / ISBN 978-1-77-609015-0
Softcover, 15 x 23 cm, 212 pages

About: The Way I See It. The Musings of a Black Woman in the Rainbow Nation

I, Lerato Tshabalala, am a proud South African. I grew up in Soweto, went to a Model-C high school and have worked in corporate South Africa, where I've often been the only black person in senior management. And I guarantee you that there are many people who are like me - having to straddle different worlds daily. What this means is that there's a white lady who has met a woman like me, a black guy who's dated a girl with a similar story to mine and a white guy who's had someone like me report to him. I am the quintessential South African: complicated, proud and contradictory all at once.

The Way I See It, The Musings of a Black Woman in the Rainbow Nation is written for people who are hungry for a book that is thought-provoking, funny, irreverent and truly South African all at the same time. With her customary wit and keen insight into social, political and cultural affairs, Lerato Tshabalala shines a bright – and controversial – light on South African society and the quirky ways of the country. She is brutally honest about her experiences as a black South African in post-apartheid Mzansi, and no subject is too sacred for her to explore.

Lerato Tshabala is a writer and editor with 15 years' experience in print media. From starting out as a junior writer at Fairlady magazine, the proud Sowetan went on to edit South Africa's largest lifestyle supplement, for the Sunday Times. In 2004 she won a Mondi award while working for Marie Claire South Africa, and in 2013 Mail & Guardian named her one of the 200 young people to watch in the Media category.

In 2014 she was chosen as one of the first alumni of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, which allowed her to study business at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA. Lerato Tshabala has recently also added motivational speaker to her CV, telling her story to people across South Africa. Lerato Tshabala lives in Johannesburg.

Content: The Way I See It. The Musings of a Black Woman in the Rainbow Nation

Acknowledgements
Preface
A slip of the thumb
Is Mavis a housekeeper? No, she's a domestic worker
Actually, she's a helper, but certainly not a maid!
Let's talk about sex, baby!
Hail Mary full of Race
Keep your friends close, and your frenemies even closer
Zulu, please, s'il vous plait!
Are you dating or are you in a situationship?
The strongest part of love is called hate
Rome could've been built in a day, but the builders moved the deadline
Air cons, tenders and the transformation con
Every family has one
Money talks - and all it says is goodbye
The ancestors need that chicken
The politics of beauty
Top-five reality checks for everydamnbody
The new gods
Somewhere over the Rainbow Nation