As part of Season 3, I have a conversation with Tina Athaide who shares her journey of writing the novel, ‘Orange for the Sunsets’. As an educator, she noticed there were hardly any books that depicted the experiences of children of colour. Motivated to capture her heritage, she wrote many versions of the book. It took 12 years and 30 rejections before it was finally published.

“What I like about the book now is that it isn’t biased towards what happened to the Indians, but also gives credence to the African experience.”

Music: Jambo - Hakuna Matata by Boney M

This episode was first released in February 2022