Mapping My Way Home: Activism, Nostalgia, and the Downfall of Apartheid South Af

Description: Mapping My Way Home by Stephanie J. Urdang Stephanie J. Urdangs memoir tracking the slow demise of apartheid that led to South Africas first democratic elections. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Stephanie J. Urdangs memoir tracking the slow demise of apartheid that led to South Africas first democratic elections.Stephanie Urdang was born in Cape Town, South Africa, into a white, Jewish family staunchly opposed to the apartheid regime. In 1967, at the age of twenty-three, no longer able to tolerate the grotesque iniquities and oppression of apartheid, she chose exile and emigrated to the United States. There she embraced feminism, met anti-apartheid and solidarity movement activists, and encountered a particularly American brand of racial injustice. Urdang also met African revolutionaries such as Amilcar Cabral, who would influence her return to Africa and her subsequent journalism. In 1974, she trekked through the liberation zones of Guinea-Bissau during its war of independence; in the 1980s, she returned repeatedly to Mozambique and saw how South Africa was fomenting a civil war aimed to destroy the newly independent country.Urdangs memoir maps out her quest for the meaning of home and for the lived reality of revolution with empathy, courage, and a keen eye for historical and geographic detail.This is a personal narrative, beautifully told, of a journey traveled by an indefatigable exile who, while yearning for home, continues to question where, as a citizen of both South Africa and the United States, she belongs. "My South Africa!" she writes, on her return in 1991, after the release of Nelson Mandela, "How could I have imagined for one instant that I could return to its beauty, and not its pain?" Author Biography Stephanie J. Urdang is the author of two books on Africa, including And Still They Dance: Women, War and the Struggle for Change in Mozambique. She has worked as an anti-apartheid activist, journalist, academic writer, university lecturer, and freelance consultant, as well as gender specialist and senior advisor on HIV/AIDS for the United Nations. Long Description Stephanie J. Urdangs memoir tracking the slow demise of apartheid that led to South Africas first democratic elections.Stephanie Urdang was born in Cape Town, South Africa, into a white, Jewish family staunchly opposed to the apartheid regime. In 1967, at the age of twenty-three, no longer able to tolerate the grotesque iniquities and oppression of apartheid, she chose exile and emigrated to the United States. There she embraced feminism, met anti-apartheid and solidarity movement activists, and encountered a particularly American brand of racial injustice. Urdang also met African revolutionaries such as Amilcar Cabral, who would influence her return to Africa and her subsequent journalism. In 1974, she trekked through the liberation zones of Guinea-Bissau during its war of independence; in the 1980s, she returned repeatedly to Mozambique and saw how South Africa was fomenting a civil war aimed to destroy the newly independent country.Urdangs memoir maps out her quest for the meaning of home and for the lived reality of revolution with empathy, courage, and a keen eye for historical and geographic detail. This is a personal narrative, beautifully told, of a journey traveled by an indefatigable exile who, while yearning for home, continues to question where, as a citizen of both South Africa and the United States, she belongs. "My South Africa!" she writes, on her return in 1991, after the release of Nelson Mandela, "How could I have imagined for one instant that I could return to its beauty, and not its pain?" Details ISBN1583676678 Author Stephanie J. Urdang Pages 320 Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S. ISBN-10 1583676678 ISBN-13 9781583676677 Format Paperback Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S. Subtitle Activism, Nostalgia, and the Downfall of Apartheid South Africa Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Language English Media Book Short Title Mapping My Way Home Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-11-22 NZ Release Date 2017-11-22 US Release Date 2017-11-22 UK Release Date 2017-11-22 Audience General AU Release Date 2018-01-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:117432626;

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