Realities of Apartheid and Idyllic Futures: Afropessimism and Afro-Optimism in Magona's Mother to Mother.
Sindiwe Magona's novel Mother to Mother (1993) captures the grim realities of Apartheid through the portrayal of the murder of Fulbright white student Amy Biehl. As she fictionalises the real-life murder, Magona - through her narrator Mandisa - brings to light the plights and struggles of black Sout...
| Publicado en: | English in Africa Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 49 - 71 |
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