Shameez Patel Papathanasiou

Shameez was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. During the day, she juggles her time between taking care of her daughter and working as a civil engineer, where she designs roads and analyses traffic – but at night, she writes! And she writes fantasy and romance. Her fantasy novel, The last feather, was published in July 2022 by Flame Tree Press.

Who is African: Place, identity and belonging in literature

Holly McGee, Tope Folarin, Bridget Pitt, Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, Mphuthumi Ntabeni Books and writers 2022-12-06

On Sunday, 4 December 2022, an international team of authors discussed the topic, "Who is an African?" They also asked: Who is allowed to write from an African experience? Why do African authors get boxed into certain kinds of story?

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