Farida Karodia
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Farida Karodia is a South Africa
n novelist and short-story writer.
By 1961 she was teaching in Johannesburg, South Africa and also Zambia
. In 1968 the government of South Africa withdrew her passport so she emigrated to Canada
. She remained there, where she published her first novel and did radio drama, until returning to South Africa in 1994.
Her first novel was Daughters of the Twilight was published in 1986. Although she was living in Canada at the time, the book concerns what difficulties non-whites faced in getting an education under apartheid. However by 1990 she had also written about Canada. Further during time spent in India
in 1991 she wrote and filmed Midnight Embers. In 2002, her novel Other Secrets was among those nominated for an IMPAC Dublin Award.
Still, she is perhaps primarily a writer of the short form, and the collection Against an African Sky and Other Stories was one of her first works after she returned to South Africa.
Her short story entitled "Crossmatch" was published in a collection of short stories by South Asian writers called "Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers"
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n novelist and short-story writer.
By 1961 she was teaching in Johannesburg, South Africa and also Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
. In 1968 the government of South Africa withdrew her passport so she emigrated to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. She remained there, where she published her first novel and did radio drama, until returning to South Africa in 1994.
Her first novel was Daughters of the Twilight was published in 1986. Although she was living in Canada at the time, the book concerns what difficulties non-whites faced in getting an education under apartheid. However by 1990 she had also written about Canada. Further during time spent in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in 1991 she wrote and filmed Midnight Embers. In 2002, her novel Other Secrets was among those nominated for an IMPAC Dublin Award.
Still, she is perhaps primarily a writer of the short form, and the collection Against an African Sky and Other Stories was one of her first works after she returned to South Africa.
Her short story entitled "Crossmatch" was published in a collection of short stories by South Asian writers called "Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers"