|
|
|||
Life's Mosaic by Phyllis Ntantala
The Autobiography of Phyllis Ntantala
The autobiography of a political exile, who is the widow of Xhosa writer and historian A.C. Jordan and the mother of African National Congress leader X Pallo Jordan. Ntantala discusses the cruelty of racism and the political situation that has caused suffering and dislocation in the 20th century.Born into the small social elite of black South Africa, Phyllis Ntantala did not face the grinding poverty so familiar to other South African blacks. Instead, her struggle was that of a creative, articulate woman seeking fulfilment and justice in a land that tried to deny her both. The widow of Xhosa writer and historian A.C. Jordan and mother of African National Congress leader X. Pallo Jordan, she and her family experienced a change in South Africa and also in the United States, where they moved during the 1960s. She discovers similarities in the two countries, including the arrogance of power. Anchored in history and culture, "A Life's Mosaic" sharply reveals the world and the people of South Africa. As the story of a political exile, it represents the dislocations that have caused universal suffering in the second half of the 20th century. Phyllis Ntantala discusses the cruelty of racism, the cynicism of political solutions, and the hopes of those who live in both a world of exile and a world of dreams. |
|
| Author(s) : Phyllis Ntantala | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0520081714 | ISBN-13 : 9780520081710 |
| RRP : £22.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
| Prices as of : BST check live prices | |
Product Details:
Series Title : Perspectives on Southern Africa S.
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 15/02/1993
Publisher : University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Page Length : 256mm
Page Size : 219mm