Fiela's Child is a novel by Dalene Matthee. The novel tells the story of Benjamin Komoetie, a white child living with a Black family in South Africa. The characters tackle issues of identity, economic instability, and domestic violence against the backdrop of Benjamin's mistaken identity as Lukas, a boy who disappeared from a forest community years ago. The stories weave together the histories of the families across generations, dredging up long-buried traumas. The novel explores themes of escapism, hope, religion, abandonment, and identity.
