A01=Sisonke Msimang
African writer
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Alexandra Fuller
americanah
anti racist
author
Author_Sisonke Msimang
automatic-update
Black History Month
black lives matter
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=BM
Category=DNC
Category=JBSF1
Category=JFSJ1
Category=JPW
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
diverse books
diversity
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
female
feminism
feminist manifesto
half of a yellow sun
if a story moves you
Language_English
literature
mad at mandela
memoir
minority
PA=In stock
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
resurrection
social justice
softlaunch
South Africa
Speaker
TED Talk
we should all be feminists
Winnie Mandela
Woman's History Month
Product details
- ISBN 9781642860009
- Dimensions: 140 x 214mm
- Publication Date: 06 Sep 2018
- Publisher: World Editions
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Born in exile, in Zambia, to a guerrilla father and a working mother, Sisonke Msimang is constantly on the move. Her parents 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.
Sisonke Msimang (Swaziland, 1974) is a South African writer, speaker and political analyst in issues related to race, gender and democracy. With her successful literary debut, Always Another Country, she has established herself as one of the most exciting new contemporary voices in literature. Born to parents living in political exile, Sisonke Msimang was raised in Zambia, Kenya and Canada, before going to the US as an undergraduate. She has a Master's Degree in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Macalester College in the USA. She has held fellowships at Yale University and the Aspen Institute and was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (WEF). She has worked for the United Nations and as an Executive Director of George Soros' Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa. Now based in Perth, Australia, she is Program Director for the Centre for Stories, a social enterprise organization, from where she travels regularly to the US, South Africa and other countries. She contributes to publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian and The Huffington Post, and has over 20,000 followers on Twitter (@Sisonkemsimang). Her TED Talk, 'If a story moves you, act on it', has been viewed over a million times.
