South Africa's trailblazing Black food writer dies of virus
Copies of Dorah Sitole's cook book "40 Years of Iconic Food", seen at centre, in Exclusive Books in Hyde Park Corner, Johannesburg, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. South Africa's pioneer Black food writer Sitole, portrait on cover, who quietly defied apartheid to win respect and a readership for African cuisine, died of COVID-19, in Jan. 2021. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Copies of Dorah Sitole's cook book "40 Years of Iconic Food", seen at centre, in Exclusive Books in Hyde Park Corner, Johannesburg, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. South Africa's pioneer Black food writer Sitole, portrait on cover, who quietly defied apartheid to win respect and a readership for African cuisine, died of COVID-19, in Jan. 2021. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Jan. 19, 2021 04:00 AM EST
Book store worker, Dikeledi Nhlapo, holds a copy of Dorah Sitole's "40 Years of Iconic Food" cook book in Exclusive Books in Hyde Park Corner, Johannesburg, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. South Africa's pioneer Black food writer Sitole, portrait on cover, who quietly defied apartheid to win respect and a wide readership for African cuisine, died January 2021, of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Book store worker, Dikeledi Nhlapo, holds a copy of Dorah Sitole's "40 Years of Iconic Food" cook book in Exclusive Books in Hyde Park Corner, Johannesburg, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. South Africa's pioneer Black food writer Sitole, portrait on cover, who quietly defied apartheid to win respect and a wide readership for African cuisine, died January 2021, of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Jan. 19, 2021 04:00 AM EST