Refilwe: An African retelling of Rapunzel

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Age Range: 3 – 8 years

Through the Best Loved Tales for Africa, we aim to grow a love of reading.

‘Refilwe, Refilwe, let down your locks, So I can climb the scraggy rocks!’

In a cave high up on a craggy cliff, beautiful Refilwe is allowed to see no one but the witch who locked her away. One day, Prince Tumi hears Refilwe singing as he is riding his horse near her cave and he searches for the owner of the magical voice. Will Refilwe ever be free from the evil witch? Will she ever find true love?

An African retelling of the classic fairy tale Rapunzel by one of our best loved authors, Zukiswa Wanner, with magical illustrations by Tamsin Hinrichsen will keep all children entranced, and grow a love of reading.

Read aloud, read together, read alone, read forever!

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Weight 0.15 kg

Tamsin Hinrichsen (Illustrator)

Tamsin Hinrichsen is a Cape Town–based illustrator of several local and international children’s books, including Madiba Magic, The Tale of Sun and Moon, and Ten Green Bottles.

Zukiswa Wanner

Zukiswa Wanner was born in Zambia to a South African father and a Zimbabwean mother.

Her debut novel, The Madams, published in November 2006, dealt with racial role reversals in post-apartheid South Africa. Behind Every Successful Man was published in 2008 by Kwela Books. Men of the South was Wanner’s third novel and came out in 2010.

In addition to writing fiction, Wanner has also contributed essays to Oprah, Elle and Juice magazines, and literary reviews and essays to Afropolitan and Sunday Independent, as well as the international online journal, African Writing.

Her latest novel, London – Cape Town – Joburg, was published by Kwela in 2014. Her children’s book, Refilwe, was published by Jacana in 2015.

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Refilwe: An African retelling of Rapunzel

55.00