Marrying Black Girls For Guys Who Aren't Black with Hagen Engler

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Interracial couples are not as uncommon as they were before South Africa became the so called "rainbow nation" and even when we see these couples we chuckle and wonder about the complexities their relationship might deal with on a daily basis. From culture shock, lobola negotiations and just a general difference in the way of life between black and white people are sure to cause some discomfort and adjustment to one's views and beliefs. My guest Hagen Engler, joins me to discuss his article turned book titled "Marrying Black Girls for Guys who Aren't Black".
In this episode we explore Hagen Engler's writing career starting with his days as editor of FHM and how the media's portrayal of men and women has changed over the years. We unpack some of the complexities of his interracial relationship and how he navigates raising a multiracial daughter who he identifies as black and highlight some of the challenges in she faces in society.
Hagen Engler is an author of fiction and non-fiction books, a co-writer, a ghost-writer, a scriptwriter, a copywriter, a hustler in the media hood. He self-published half a dozen books before an established publisher finally risked it all on the cumbersomely titled Marrying Black Girls For Guys Who Aren’t Black. He has also edited a doomed consumer mag, surfed Hawaii, climbed Kilimanjaro, run the Comrades and eaten a half chicken and chips at the original Nando’s in Rosettenville. His latest novel, the satirical farce In The Maid’s Room, is about the slow, ignominious death of white entitlement.

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Hagen Engler's music, books and articles:
Download Free e-book:
The Trustees
Music videos:
A concert movie with Jedi Rollers
A Glimmer Of Light
Latest E.P:
The Feel So Strongs E.P
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Website: Hagen's House
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