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Nakhane Touré on how books and writing saved his life

The Daily Vox Born Nakhane Mavuso and later changed to Mahlakahlaka, the author and singer took on the Touré signature as a way of dedication to his champion, Ali Farka Touré, the Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist. Touré shared with Mbali Zwane how seeing characters like him in books saved his life. I remember being a young queer boy, coming to terms with the fact that I felt like an outsider all my life and picking out James Baldwin’s Just Above My Head. That book saved my life because here was someone who felt like me. It made me accept that my feelings were not crazy.

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