Qabila and Rashid’s marriage has been falling apart for years. A pregnancy trapped them, although he was seeing Thandi at the time. Has he ever stopped seeing her?
With her mother’s passing, Qabila’s world crumbles. She dreams of strange songs and makes lists to stay sane. After years of feeling unloved, she wants a divorce. Why does Rashid resist?
Picking up the pieces, Qabila reconnects with family and her Muslim faith, and meets musicians that might be the answer to her puzzling dreams.
About the author
Kharnita Mohamed lectures in Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town and is working on a Ph D in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of the Western Cape. She has an MA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. Raised on the Cape Flats, she is frequently confounded by the contradictions of postapartheid South Africa.