The Cry of Winnie Mandela: A NovelA group of African women at a specific period in Southern Africa's history find their family life under pressure from capitalist modernity and apartheid. This is a deeply humane, sympathetic and generous book on the one hand but is unflinching in its honesty. Ndebele represents a rare breed of writer able to combine political awareness with a sensitivity towards context, language and characterization. The result is a gift offering to the present. This is one of the best books about women's sacrifices and contributions to the struggle against apartheid. |
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Page 44
... Leleidi ? ' ' The Lady . ' ' Mummy ? ' ' None other . ' Pause . ' But , why ? ' Marara asked . ' Because Winnie too waited . The only difference between us and her is that she waited in public while we waited in the privacy of our homes ...
... Leleidi ? ' ' The Lady . ' ' Mummy ? ' ' None other . ' Pause . ' But , why ? ' Marara asked . ' Because Winnie too waited . The only difference between us and her is that she waited in public while we waited in the privacy of our homes ...
Page 138
... to stay . At home . If this imaginary book in which we are characters ever gets published , please send me a copy . It's me . Winnie . Leleidi . Mummy . Nomzamo . A Stranger One bright spring morning finds five women in 138.
... to stay . At home . If this imaginary book in which we are characters ever gets published , please send me a copy . It's me . Winnie . Leleidi . Mummy . Nomzamo . A Stranger One bright spring morning finds five women in 138.
Page 148
... leleidi leleidi laka loea - s magogo mfanyana mkhaya Mme ' Misi " gall " or " bile " extracted from a sacrificial animal and used for healing / medicinal purposes where is the way ? it's me and you today ( as to acknowledge or instigate ...
... leleidi leleidi laka loea - s magogo mfanyana mkhaya Mme ' Misi " gall " or " bile " extracted from a sacrificial animal and used for healing / medicinal purposes where is the way ? it's me and you today ( as to acknowledge or instigate ...
Contents
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The Second Descendant | 17 |
The Fourth Descendant | 36 |
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absence aka Patience Aunt Deli Basotho beautiful became become bedroom began begin Bizana Bizo body Brandfort Caravelle child Coloured Commission finds death Delisiwe departure descendants desire door dream drive Duduza Ethekwini eyes face feeling freedom fucking Gauteng girl give happened highway husband imagination intimacy Johannesburg journey Laingsburg laugh Leleidi Lesotho Letlala letter live loneliness look maize Major Theunis Swanepoel Mamello Mannete Marara marriage mellowness memory mind Mofolo Nelson Nelson Mandela never night Nomzamo ntombi Odysseus pain Patience Molete Penelope Penelope's Peter Magubane play political prison Quesalid question rage rape remember responsibility rituals Robben Island sangoma sense silence social South African Soweto squatter camp stop story tell things thought torture township turned Urbania Victor Verster Prison walked watched wife Winnie Mandela woman wonder Zintombi