Shudu took to Instagram yesterday, 1 September, to share with us the good news. She said, "Shudu Finds her Magic✨Shudu finds her magic is officially out!✨ I’m so excited to announce that we’re launching the book today.
For every book sold one will be donated to @childlinesa and the South African Depression and Anxiety Group @sadag_official , who will help children with issues such as bullying and depression - and a host of other mental health struggles. Copies will also be given to literacy organizations like @biblionefsouthafrica which donate books to schools and libraries to help foster the love of reading.
This will form part of my @missworld beauty with a purpose campaign. The book will be available in stores from tomorrow morning at all leading outlets nationwide!"
Shudu's book is specifically for children aged between 4 and 12 years and is available in 6 languages. The book is inspired by Shudu’s childhood and the bullying she encountered when she moved to a new province and a new school.
Speaking about her book on Instagram, Shudu said: “Here are some moments in your life which you dream about but then to see it in real life, something tangible, something to hold. Now, that is something! I am filled with so much pride and joy to present this book authored by myself with beautiful illustrations by Chantelle and Burgen Thorne.
A piece of my heart captured on a page, written especially for kids. A story of struggles and hope. Of falling down and getting back up and of the incredible journey we call life! I hope that through my story you will find comfort in the fact that you are not alone, that you matter, that the world needs you!
"None of us are perfect, we were never meant to be and that’s what makes us so special."
In other news, the Hlomu The Wife book series will be getting an adaptation. According to Actor Spaces, The Wife is based on Dudu Busani-Dube’s bestselling novels Hlomu the Wife, Zandile the Resolute, and Naledi His Love, which follow the lives of the eight Zulu brothers, a formidable crime family, through the eyes of the wives they marry. The 120-episode season will be split evenly between the three books.
The first 40 episodes will focus on Hlomu, a journalist who falls in love with a taxi driver, not knowing he’s behind the cash in transit heists she’s investigating.
Dudu held auditions for the The Wife a few weeks ago and it is safe to say that she concluded casting a couple of months ago. Although we aren't sure when the show will premiere, we hope it delivers.
""Ay, bad move Dudu in my opinion. Besides the fact that we all have our individual images in our heads of all the characters and events within the book, now making it into a movie/soapie/series/WHATEVER will spoil your books mark my words. No actors/actresses will match vele ke"
"There is a reason why kunezincwadi ezisa legendary and classic till this day and age, that's because book authors stayed in their lane of artistry and tv screen writers like wise. But I guess imali offered to you is what swayed your decision. Loyal Book readers be damned I guess"
