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
... stop at any time and enjoy the physical beauty of my country ; to be able to adjust the speed of travel according to my needs ; take as long as I like to traverse the shortest distance . South Africa , my new home ! Home , not as a ...
... stop at any time and enjoy the physical beauty of my country ; to be able to adjust the speed of travel according to my needs ; take as long as I like to traverse the shortest distance . South Africa , my new home ! Home , not as a ...
Page 99
... stop not far from my shop , until the bus stop came to carry my name : Ha'Mannete . If he wants , while he's having tea , I will show him the latest map of Lesotho which has the name Ha'Mannete against the many black dots that indicate ...
... stop not far from my shop , until the bus stop came to carry my name : Ha'Mannete . If he wants , while he's having tea , I will show him the latest map of Lesotho which has the name Ha'Mannete against the many black dots that indicate ...
Page 142
... stop , we're on holiday . ' As the Caravelle passes the woman , Delisiwe barks from the back : ' Stop ! ' The driver stops the minibus a hundred metres away . ' Why should we stop ? ' Marara asks . ' We don't know what's on her mind ...
... stop , we're on holiday . ' As the Caravelle passes the woman , Delisiwe barks from the back : ' Stop ! ' The driver stops the minibus a hundred metres away . ' Why should we stop ? ' Marara asks . ' We don't know what's on her mind ...
Contents
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The Second Descendant | 17 |
The Fourth Descendant | 36 |
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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