Book Review: The Lockdown Collection by Melinda Ferguson
Compiled from the best of the two hit e-books Lockdown and Lockdown Extended, that Melinda Ferguson launched, back to back during the first four weeks of lockdown, as well as including new essays by the likes of New Frame's Richard Pithouse, Kharnita Mohamed and Carsten Rasch, the work brilliantly tries to make sense of a world held hostage by a virus. Sentenced to Lockdown, regarded as "non-essential", a group of 40 South African writers get together in a virtual Corona Collective, to pen The Lockdown Collection. This historical gem showcases a list of South Africa's most celebrated writers, disruptors and thinkers, including: Sisonke Msimang ( Always Another Country ), Fred Khumalo ( Bitches Brew ), multi-disciplinary poet, Lebo Mashile and Pumla Dineo Gqola ( Rape A South African Nightmare ). There's the comic genius of Ben Trovato ( Durban Poison) and Everyday Zulu Melusi Tshabalala, while the likes of Khaya Dlanga, Dudu Busani-Dube, Rahla Xenopou