01820cam a2200289 b 4500 3228 20250825121037.0 211108s2021 sa a 000 0 eng d 9781776190669 (paperback) MPL 3228 rda english 155.937 KONA 23 Our ghosts were once people : stories on death and dying / edited by Bongani Kona. Johannesburg ; Cape Town : Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2021. xii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. text txt rdacontent. unmediated n rdamedia. volume nc rdacarrier. "Originally published in South Africa in 2021 by Jonathan Ball Publishers." "This poignant and thought-provoking anthology gives us portraits of grief as seen through the eyes of writers and poets such as Sisonke Msimang, Dawn Garisch, Lidudumalingani, Mary Watson, Ishtiyaq Shukri, Hedley Twidle, Karin Schimke, Khadija Patel, Shubnum Khan and many others. The contributions range from the deeply personal: a poet chronicles her relationship with her troubled, abusive father, a World War II survivor - to the political: an investigator from the Missing Persons Task Team draws us into the ongoing search for the remains of activists who were murdered by the apartheid state between 1960 and 1994 - to the philosophical: a writer ponders the ethics of killing small animals. Perhaps grief never truly ends but these stories transform the pain of death into something beautiful so that we can find ways to live with loss."--Provided by publisher. Grief. Death. Loss (Psychology) Bereavement Psychological aspects. Kona, Bongani, editor. ddc BOOK 175 Naomi Ntsimane 175 Naomi Ntsimane 783590 783589 0 0 ddc 0 0 100 STANRL amer GEN 2025-08-25 261.45 0 155.937 KONA 3322803188237 2025-08-25 2025-08-25 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 100 STANRL PERD GEN 2025-08-25 261.45 0 155.937 KONA 3322803188233 2025-08-25 2025-08-25 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 100 KWAML VEREL Non_Fiction 2025-09-22 0 155.937 KONA 23 33228024465310 2025-09-22 2025-09-22 BOOK