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portada Mother to Mother (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2000
Language
English
Pages
216
Format
Paperback
Weight
1
ISBN
0807009490
ISBN13
9780807009499
Edition No.
58191st

Mother to Mother (in English)

Sindiwe Magona (Author) · Beacon Press · Paperback

Mother to Mother (in English) - Sindiwe Magona

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Synopsis "Mother to Mother (in English)"

Sindiwe Magona's novel Mother to Mother explores the South African legacy of apartheid through the lens of a woman who remembers a life marked by oppression and injustice. Magona decided to write this novel when she discovered that Fulbright Scholar Amy Biehl, who had been killed while working to organize the nation's first ever democratic elections in 1993, died just a few yards away from her own permanent residence in Guguletu, Capetown. She then learned that one of the boys held responsible for the killing was in fact her neighbor's son. Magona began to imagine how easily it might have been her own son caught up in the wave of violence that day. The book is based on this real-life incident, and takes the form of an epistle to Amy Biehl's mother. The murderer's mother, Mandisi, writes about her life, the life of her child, and the colonized society that not only allowed, but perpetuated violence against women and impoverished black South Africans under the reign of apartheid. The result is not an apology for the murder, but a beautifully written exploration of the society that bred such violence.

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