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 10
... silence , like God and the skies . It is an unforgettable silence , for it bears on its shoulders the burden of loneliness . Silence becomes loneliness , and loneliness becomes silence . Then out of this world of silence and loneli ...
... silence , like God and the skies . It is an unforgettable silence , for it bears on its shoulders the burden of loneliness . Silence becomes loneliness , and loneliness becomes silence . Then out of this world of silence and loneli ...
Page 44
... Silence . In the silence , the stirring and the seeping of tea became rather more pronounced , rightfully fulfilling their role as filling in silences in conversation . ' Mother - of - the - Nation ? ' asks Marara . ' Yena ! ' Patience ...
... Silence . In the silence , the stirring and the seeping of tea became rather more pronounced , rightfully fulfilling their role as filling in silences in conversation . ' Mother - of - the - Nation ? ' asks Marara . ' Yena ! ' Patience ...
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... silent presence in the public mind . We knew they were there , and felt reassured and comforted by that knowledge ... silence and endurance , tomorrow will come . How wonderful to wake up at the beginning of every uphill day knowing ...
... silent presence in the public mind . We knew they were there , and felt reassured and comforted by that knowledge ... silence and endurance , tomorrow will come . How wonderful to wake up at the beginning of every uphill day knowing ...
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