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 84
... death old women we accused of being witches ; abused our children and raped our women ; engaged in brutal taxi wars in which , if passengers miraculously escaped death from stray bullets , they would surely die once the reckless ...
... death old women we accused of being witches ; abused our children and raped our women ; engaged in brutal taxi wars in which , if passengers miraculously escaped death from stray bullets , they would surely die once the reckless ...
Page 89
... death of the dignity of memory at the hands of folly . An intuition for the emptying out of vision by the squalor of the means of realising it . An intuition for the ultimate death of home . And Winnie spoke : ' We have no guns - we ...
... death of the dignity of memory at the hands of folly . An intuition for the emptying out of vision by the squalor of the means of realising it . An intuition for the ultimate death of home . And Winnie spoke : ' We have no guns - we ...
Page 120
... death , when the hood is lifted , and the almost lifeless women gasp for breath , grateful to their torturers for cruel mercies ? ' I'm saved from this kind of horror , but I urinate blood . What damage has been done to me by the men's ...
... death , when the hood is lifted , and the almost lifeless women gasp for breath , grateful to their torturers for cruel mercies ? ' I'm saved from this kind of horror , but I urinate blood . What damage has been done to me by the men's ...
Contents
Part | 1 |
The Second Descendant | 17 |
The Fourth Descendant | 36 |
Copyright | |
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