Publications

The Cry of Winnie Mandela
by Njabulo Ndebele

Product details

Paperback: UK publication date 10 March 2004 ISBN: 978-0-9547023-0-4 Price: £8.99 Place an order for this book! Extent: 160pp Rights: English Language UK & European

Synopsis

The Cry of Winnie Mandela is a powerful story that links the lives of four ordinary South African women with that of Winnie Mandela – all women who waited for their husbands during the many years of the struggle.

Reviews

“For so many decades, South Africans have been thirsting for this text. I feel privileged to be of the country where it has originated”
Antjie Krog, award-winning writer and journalist

“Njabulo Ndebele has walked where angels fear to tread: he has made Winnie Mandela a character in an epic story that speaks powerfully about South Africa¹s recent history and legacy.”
Beverley Roos, Cape Argus

About the Author

Njabulo S Ndebele is the author of the celebrated Fools and Other Stories, a children's book Bonolo and the Peach Tree, and The Rediscovery of the Ordinary, a collection of highly influential critical essays. He is currently the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, South Africa.