Join me for a very special evening of South African Story, Song and Savory Cuisine at Madiba Restaurant on June 5th at 7PM. Bloodlines at Madiba is FREE but the restaurant is offering a delicious $35 three-course prix fixe meal or Dinner and a Book (a signed copy of Bloodlines) for $50.

There will be free appetizers and wine from 7-8PM. Please email me if you’d like a reservation. We’re expecting a big crowd and those with reservations will be let in first. louise_crawford@yahoo.com

Novelist and South African emigré Neville Frankel will read from his newly-published literary thriller of the apartheid era, Bloodlines, called “fierce and thrilling” by Kirkus Indie Review. In this harrowing story of a family fractured by apartheid and a son who struggles to piece everything together, Frankel “explores the bloody truths of apartheid in a sweeping narrative that covers five decades,” writes Jan Gardner in The Boston Globe.

Together with South African music performed by Nedelka Prescod and Earth Tones, the evening will provide a moving and deeply personal perspective on a country that has suffered great turmoil in its quest for social justice and equality. Nedelka Prescod and her group are simply AMAZING and you will be wowed and moved by their talent.

Email me if you’d like to reserve a spot or a table: louise_crawford@yahoo.com. Madiba Restaurant is located in Clinton Hill at 195 Dekalb Avenue. The Event is free.