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 20
... became one of her creditors . For long spells of time , he would not press his intentions explicitly . In the end , the secret of his advances and her persistent resistance to them became a strange bond . It was almost as if they became ...
... became one of her creditors . For long spells of time , he would not press his intentions explicitly . In the end , the secret of his advances and her persistent resistance to them became a strange bond . It was almost as if they became ...
Page 66
... became reluctant to continue with his intention to expose . ' His skills had become known and his services were in demand . Gifted at what he knew to be fraudulent , Quesalid nonetheless acquired a repu- tation as a healer and became ...
... became reluctant to continue with his intention to expose . ' His skills had become known and his services were in demand . Gifted at what he knew to be fraudulent , Quesalid nonetheless acquired a repu- tation as a healer and became ...
Page 67
... became adept at exposing the baser techniques of his colleagues in neighbouring villages . By making his fellow shamans look ridiculous , Quesalid brought down the scorn of the community upon them and so deprived them of the basis of ...
... became adept at exposing the baser techniques of his colleagues in neighbouring villages . By making his fellow shamans look ridiculous , Quesalid brought down the scorn of the community upon them and so deprived them of the basis of ...
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