Via Mandela
R.W. Johnson, 5 January 1989
Higher than Hope: ‘Rolihlahla we love you’
by Fatima Meer.
Skotaville, 328 pp., R 15, July 1988,0 947009 59 0 Show More
by Fatima Meer.
Skotaville, 328 pp., R 15, July 1988,
“... responded by becoming a complete tomboy and a wilful, troublesome child, which in turn led to savage beatings. Finally, her mother died having the boy she had longed for and Winnie had to nurse this killer man-child. The terrible scars of this childhood doubtless do much to explain Winnie’s impulsive and ‘difficult’ temperament. She decided to ... ”