A burning hunger [[electronic resource] ] : one family's struggle against apartheid / / Lynda Schuster

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782088703321
• Autore: Schuster Lynda
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Athens, : Ohio University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 0-8214-4207-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (475 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.092/268
• Soggetti: Apartheid - South Africa; Anti-apartheid movements - South Africa; Civil rights workers - South Africa; Civil rights workers, Black - South Africa; Political activists - South Africa; South Africa Race relations History 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-420) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Nomkhitha and Joseph -- Joseph, Nomkhitha and the children -- June 16 -- The children -- Tsietsi -- Mpho and Nomkhitha -- Rocks -- Dee -- Tsietsi -- Mpho -- Dee -- Tsietsi -- Rocks -- Mpho -- Tshepiso -- Dee -- Tsietsi -- Rocks -- Mpho -- Tshepiso -- Dee -- Tsietsi.
• Sommario/riassunto: If the Mandelas were the generals in the fight for black liberation, the Mashininis were the foot soldiers. Theirs is a story of exile, imprisonment, torture, and loss, but also of dignity, courage, and strength in the face of appalling adversity. Originally published in Great Britain to critical acclaim, A Burning Hunger: One Family's Struggle Against Apartheid tells a deeply moving human story and is one of the seminal books about the struggle against apartheid. This family, Joseph and Nomkhitha Mashinini and their thirteen children, became immersed in almost every facet of the liberation