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A Life's Mosaic: The Autobiography of Phyllis Ntantala
"Like Trotsky, I did not leave home with the proverbial one-and-six in my pocket. I come from a family of landed gentry . . . [and] could have chosen the path of comfort and safety, for even in apartheid South Africa, there is still that path for those who will collaborate. But I chose the path of struggle and uncertainty."—from the Preface
Born into the small social elite ...more
Born into the small social elite ...more
Hardcover
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237 pages
Published
February 15th 1993
by University of California Press
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I come to this book with a strong interest as, years ago, I knew one of the author's sons, the first South African I had ever met; I guess, come to think of it, the first African I had ever met. This book is a fascinating account of the life of an educated black woman in South Africa both before apartheid and then under apartheid (until she and her family were forced into exile.) Ntantala is not only a good story teller; she is good at describing the life of her family, Christian but maintaining
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