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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... things to be of little worth and to do constantly the opposite of what they should . And so , she has to be morally ... thing- person without agency : a damning condition of depersonalisation . Such would have been Penelope's fate had ...
... things to be of little worth and to do constantly the opposite of what they should . And so , she has to be morally ... thing- person without agency : a damning condition of depersonalisation . Such would have been Penelope's fate had ...
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... things unseen : like my husband , in his absence . Not seen , but there . Making me do things . Working inside of me . Taking control . It's as if there's a dimension of experience we don't know , through which we communicate over time ...
... things unseen : like my husband , in his absence . Not seen , but there . Making me do things . Working inside of me . Taking control . It's as if there's a dimension of experience we don't know , through which we communicate over time ...
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A Novel Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele. thing in the far , open distance . The driver begins to think he's on the autobahn ... Things simply happened there because they had always hap- pened . Until I came and I defied all the civil and social ...
A Novel Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele. thing in the far , open distance . The driver begins to think he's on the autobahn ... Things simply happened there because they had always hap- pened . Until I came and I defied all the civil and social ...
Contents
Part | 1 |
The Second Descendant | 17 |
The Fourth Descendant | 36 |
Copyright | |
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