Sisonke msimang biography examples
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Always Another Country
Always Another Country: A memoir of Exile and Home, was published by Text in Australia in August 2018 and by World Editions in the US and the UK in September 2018, following it's 2017 release in South Africa."Eloquent and affecting, Msimang's book explores the nature of belonging as it chronicles a perpetual outsider's quest for the meaning of home. A candidly intimate t
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Sisonke Msimang
South African writer
Sisonke Msimang is a South African writer, activist and political analyst based in Perth, Western Australia, whose focus is on race, gender, and politics. She is known for her memoirAlways Another Country: A memoir of exile and home (2017) and The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela (2018), a biography of anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Early life and education
[edit]Msimang was born in Zambia in 1974, where her South African freedom fighter father, Mavuso Msimang, had gone into exile, along with many other members of the then banned organisation the African National Congress. Her mother, Ntombi, was a Swazi accountant, and Sisonke grew up within the community in exile, along with sisters Mandla and Zeng.[1]
Msimang initially grew up around South African freedom fighters such as her father and great-uncle.[2] Her father was a leading member of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the Africa
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Changing the conversation one story at a time
Sisonke Msimang is the author of two books and many essays on race, gender and creativity, and she writes, speaks and facilitates conversations about belonging.
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Always Another Country: A memoir of Exile and Home, was published by Text in Australia in August 2018 and by World Editions in the US and the UK in September 2018, following it's 2017 release in South Africa."Eloquent and affecting, Msimang's book explores the nature of belonging as it chronicles a perpetual outsider's quest for the meaning of home. A candidly intimate tale of a journey toward self-identity."
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Sisonke Msimang