Book Review: Women In Solitary By Shanthini Naidoo

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BOOK TITLE: WOMEN IN SOLITARY BY SHANTHINI NAIDOO
(TAFELBERG PUBLISHERS LTD)-This is the story of four women – Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin, Rita
Ndzanga, Shanthie Naidoo and Nondwe Mankahla – and their
refusal to testify in the “Trial of the 22” in 1969, their brutal detention
and how they picked up their lives afterwards. Through interviews
with the four, author Shanthini Naidoo explores the female
experience of activism and how women take on additional political
roles to their personal ones.
These mothers, daughter and sisters who fought for our democracy,
even after their release, are remembered through storytelling – a
tool for healing generational wounds in South Africa.
21 Nov 2020 4AM English South Africa Religion & Spirituality

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