Fashioning Modern Africanism

Can a woman with no detective experience and whose closest companion is her pet chicken solve a complicated murder investigation? That’s the question in   Recipes for Love and Murder , the new small town mystery series starting on M-Net this Sunday (20 March) at 8pm. Starring the award-winning Maria Doyle Kennedy ( Outlander ,   Orphan Black ,   Kin ) and Tony Kgoroge ( Black Sails ,   Invictus ,   Long Walk to Freedom ), the 10-episode series is as humorous and heartwarming as it is chilling and shocking. It deftly flits between moods and genres, and will make you chuckle as easily as it will make you gasp. It’s the perfect show to take over the primetime slot that traditionally has belonged to the Sunday night movie. A production by M-Net, Both Worlds Pictures, AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Global Screen, the series is directed by Christiaan Olwagen and Karen Jeynes (who is also the show’s writer) and is based on the acclaimed   Tannie Maria Mystery   novels by Sally Andrew. Filmed in C

Early reviews are glowing, with YFM’s resident critic Yazz the Student comparing  DAM  to HBO’s  The Outsider  and saying the “eerie” and “unsettling” show feels “different to the South African television landscape.” Fortress of Solitude  similarly calls  DAM  “South Africa’s answer to  Sharp Objects  and  The Outsider .” Reviewer Sergio Pereira praises  DAM ’s “outstanding production quality…  It rivals any international production, and actually looks better than most of the Netflix shows that dominate the Top 10 list,” adding, “More importantly, the cast delivers an equally exceptional performance to rival the production quality and script. They suck you into this small town’s drama, as you fall in love with some, pity others, and detest only a few... You’d be a fool to sleep on this eight-part miniseries. It’s simply a must-watch show that promises to fester in your mind long after the credits roll.” TV Mzansi  says, “ DAM  is loaded with compelling performances and moments that wil