"On the third of September, not so long ago, something truly wondrous happened on the Beauford Farm and Estate. At the moment of her death, Imogen Zula Nyoni - Genie - was seen to fly away on a giant pair of silver wings ..."
"When I reached the final pages of Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu's The Theory of Flight, I recognized that I had read something truly rare: an intelligent novel with a big heart." -The Rupture