SUE'S STOKVEL

A literary arts platform that is Shifting the Narrative and promoting Healing through Storytelling.

Holding a Book

Literature.

"I am building a stairway to the stars. I have the authority to take the whole of mankind up there with me. That is why I write." — Bessie Head

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