EAN: 9780807009499

SINDIWE MAGONA - GEBRAUCHT MOTHER TO MOTHER (BL...

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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