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Msimang, Sisonke,

Always another country : a memoir of exile and home / Sisonke Msimang. - 365 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"Born in exile, in Zambia, to a guerrilla father and a working mother, Sisonke Msimang is constantly on the move. Her parents, talented and highly educated, travel from Zambia to Kenya and Canada and beyond with their young family. Always the outsider, and against a backdrop of racism and xenophobia, Sisonke develops her keenly perceptive view of the world. In this sparkling account of a young girl's path to womanhood, Sisonke interweaves her personal story with her political awakening in America and Africa, her euphoria at returning to the new South Africa, and her disillusionment with the new elites"--

ISBN: 164286000X 9781642860009

Subjects--Personal Names:
Msimang, Sisonke.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
African National Congress--History--21st century.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Exiles--South Africa--Biography.
Political persecution--Psychological aspects.--South Africa
Political culture--Psychological aspects.--South Africa

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Africa--Politics and government--Psychological aspects.--1994-

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiographies.