Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese�s debut collection of poetry Loud and Yellow Laughter, published by Botsotso, was awarded the 2018 Ingrid Jonker prize for poetry. Busuku Mathese�s entry was described by one judge as �completely original: the presentation of family history as a play, in which the narrator is an unreliable character�. The poet was praised for the �the mix of WW2 history, the narrator�s dilemmas about being adopted, and the way she manages to weave these together without ever losing her balance or falling into incongruity�. Another judge highlighted how Busuku Mathese�s �memoir in the form of a collage� offers fragments in several voices, some of them �reconstructed�. [The collection] �movingly reflects the quest of the �The Girl Child�, as intimate �curator� of family memory and experience, to integrate the surprising puzzle that is her current self�. The original version of this collection was written as part of the poet�s Master�s thesis in Creative Writing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. A collection of 39 pieces, some mystical and elliptical, some seemingly mundane snatches of prose-poetry that retain a poetic intensity, together they create an atmosphere of nostalgia tinged with a subtle yet matter-of-fact sadness. Accompanied by a series of graphic images, made up of old photographic portraits and scenes of natural beauty.