Gaile Parkin draws on extensive experience living and working across diverse African nations, from apartheid-era South Africa to post-genocide Rwanda. Her fiction for adults, a more recent endeavor, is profoundly shaped by her encounters with survivors and her reflections on complex societal and historical events. Parkin's work delves into themes of resilience, trauma, and the human spirit, offering insightful explorations into the depths of the psyche and the impact of historical forces.
From the author of Baking Cakes in Kigali comes the irresistible story of Benedict Tungazara, a ten-year-old boy in Swaziland who loves beautiful birds, his mother's cakes, and making people happy...
In Rwanda's capital, Kigali, Angel Tungaraza runs a small business, baking cakes for the celebrations of he neighbours. As her customers tell her their stories, Angel comes to realize how much each of them has to mourn as well as what they have to celebrate. And, finally, she comes to accept how much that is true of her too... -- Backcover