Since then, she has published several titles, including the best-seller Bonang from A to B, an autobiography of media personality Bonang Matheba.
Mahlape, who has been veracious about her role in the world of publishing as a black woman, has tackled issues of misogyny and patriarchy head on, and the overpowering power of whiteness that reigns supreme in the world of publishing. Since the first year as a publisher in 2015, the self-proclaimed unapologetic Mahlape has published 19 titles, all written by black authors who would probably have been lost in the world of publishing had BlackBird Books not been around. Despite the growth in the industry, Mahlape still feels that not enough is being done to grow the culture of reading and literacy in South Africa.
“People don’t realise how literacy affects everything. I think the politicians know. They know that not all South Africans will go out and read their manifestos. We aren’t quite aware of the limitations we have as a country because of our literacy problem.”“If the notion that I have is right, that women read more then men, then the people that are being stifled most are women. You see it in the submissions that come through to me. Men submit more books to me then women.
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