Albertina Sisulu: Abridged Memoir

This abridged account of Sisulu’s overflowing life provides a fresh understanding of an iconic figure of South African history.

Description

Albertina Sisulu is revered by South Africans as the true mother of the nation. A survivor of the golden age of the African National Congress, whose life with the second most important figure in the ANC exemplified the underpinning role of women in the struggle against apartheid.

In 1944 she was the sole woman at the inaugural meeting of the radical offshoot of the ANC, the Youth League, with Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo and Anton Lembede in the vanguard. Her final years were spent in an unpretentious house in the former white Johannesburg suburb of Linden. A friend said of her, “she treated everybody alike. But her main concern was the welfare of our women and children.”

This abridged account of Sisulu’s overflowing life provides a fresh understanding of an iconic figure of South African history. This new memoir is written by Sindiwe Magona, one of South Africa’s most prolific authors, and Elinor Sisulu, writer, activist and daughter-in-law of Albertina

Additional information

Writer

Elinor Sisulu & Sindiwe Magona

ISBN

978-1-4856-2285-7

Award

IBBY Honour List

Award Nominated for

EB IBBY SA Picture Book Writer Award 2019

Publisher

David Philip/New Africa Books