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 34
... laugh . That girl used to laugh . Oh , girl ! Ngwana - a - na ! She would fall to her knees and roll on the floor exposing her thighs and all in a fit of joy . Now her laugh rings like a glass when you tap it with a teaspoon to call a ...
... laugh . That girl used to laugh . Oh , girl ! Ngwana - a - na ! She would fall to her knees and roll on the floor exposing her thighs and all in a fit of joy . Now her laugh rings like a glass when you tap it with a teaspoon to call a ...
Page 70
... laugh . That laugh can mock . It can be sensuous , alluring , spell - weaving . It can be bewitchingly cold and mean . It can say : ' How can you ask such a silly question ? ' while continuing to invite you to ask . It can say : ' Who ...
... laugh . That laugh can mock . It can be sensuous , alluring , spell - weaving . It can be bewitchingly cold and mean . It can say : ' How can you ask such a silly question ? ' while continuing to invite you to ask . It can say : ' Who ...
Page 143
... laughter . The woman herself laughs , realising her mistake . ' Sorry , ' she says , ' I don't want to impose . I wanted a taxi . ' She has a strange accent . Certainly not British or American . ' Where are you going ? ' ' Mannete asks ...
... laughter . The woman herself laughs , realising her mistake . ' Sorry , ' she says , ' I don't want to impose . I wanted a taxi . ' She has a strange accent . Certainly not British or American . ' Where are you going ? ' ' Mannete asks ...
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