Writing Through Grief

Kumi Naidoo’s mother committed suicide when he was only 15 years old, and he penned his story in his memoirs. Yewande Omotoso has released a profound and beautiful story about a mother losing her daughter. In a gripping memoir about his son’s suicide, Henry Blumberg searches, not only in the clues his son left behind, but also further back and further beyond: in South Africa, where his own childhood was scarred by apartheid and shadowed by mental illness, and in Latvia, where his family was massacred. Bruce Little wrote a book that is guiding young children in how to deal with grief. The authors exchange their writing experiences through grief. South African Journalist and presenter, Michelle Constant facilitates this panel.