A resident of my home town, Knysna, Mike Wood recently released his second African adventure novel, Somali Kiss. I read it in a day and caught up to him for a great chat over good coffee. WM: Although both of your novels are fiction, you purposely address many contentious issues? Should storytellers remind of reality rather than offer escape from it? Mike Wood: The way I see it, writers focusing on Africa can either do a McCall-Smith and write upbeat, happy, everything is rosy stuff. Or they can deal with … Continue reading →