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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A Novel Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele. Part One Penelope's Descendants Let's begin with the blurb of an imaginary book about a South African woman during the long years of struggle against apartheid . It reads ... Penelope's Descendants 1973 23.
A Novel Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele. Part One Penelope's Descendants Let's begin with the blurb of an imaginary book about a South African woman during the long years of struggle against apartheid . It reads ... Penelope's Descendants 1973 23.
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... Penelope is not necessarily admired in her own right . She is the embodi- ment of female virtue that gives comfort to men , allaying their fears and pampering their vanities . In South Africa , the story of Penelope's exemplary fidelity ...
... Penelope is not necessarily admired in her own right . She is the embodi- ment of female virtue that gives comfort to men , allaying their fears and pampering their vanities . In South Africa , the story of Penelope's exemplary fidelity ...
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... Penelope had found her Odysseus living with another woman , either informally or having committed big- amy ? The ... Penelope's law and went out in search of her missing husband instead of sitting down and waiting , she remembers few ...
... Penelope had found her Odysseus living with another woman , either informally or having committed big- amy ? The ... Penelope's law and went out in search of her missing husband instead of sitting down and waiting , she remembers few ...
Contents
Part | 1 |
The Second Descendant | 17 |
The Fourth Descendant | 36 |
Copyright | |
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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