''Coconut'' is a 2007 novel by

Kopano Matlwa Kopano Matlwa (born 1985) is a South African writer and doctor, known for her novel ''Spilt Milk'', which focuses on the South Africa's "Born Free" generation, and ''Coconut'', her debut novel, which addresses issues of race, class, and colonizat ...

. It tells the story of a young, black girl, and her life in Johannesburg's white suburbs. The book won the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award, and the

Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa is a pan-African writing prize awarded biennially

.https://www.okayafrica.com/kopano-matlwa-coconut-book-film-adaptation/ OA

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21st-century South African novels 2007 novels {{SouthAfrica-novel-stub