Literature
Terry-Ann Adams
White Chalk
“White Chalk will blow you away by its honesty, depth and insightfulness. Terry Ann goes to places where others fear to tread. A memorable collection” – Lorraine Sithole
Don’t jella, vang tips. That’s what these girls need to understand. They can’t be naar that I am the most beautiful girl in the school, and now it’s going to be worse because I will be the Beyonce of the banquet. Jassis, what do they then think? Not even the first princess comes close. I will be the winner by far, and all the girls are going to choke.
This fearless collection of stories takes the reader on an odyssey of love and grief.
Terry-Ann Adam’s peerless writing brims with fire and wonder. You will be provoked and you will exult. Above all, you’ll remember where you were when you read White Chalk.
Terry-Ann Adams hails from Eldorado Park. The 20-something writer spent their childhood playing with imaginary friends and writing poems, and started their writer’s journey at the tender age of 12 when they wrote a mini memoir detailing their struggle to be accepted into mainstream schooling as a person with albinism.
A cultural commentator, they haven’t stopped writing since then. Terry-Ann’s work, written in English and Afrikaans, is inspired by and predominantly features Coloured people of South Africa. Their debut novel, Those Who Live In Cages, was inspired by their grandmother Frances ‘Poppie’ Adams. “My grandmother always wanted me to tell her story, the stories of Coloured women stuck in the townships of Johannesburg, who are often forgotten by society.”