Always Another Country

Description:

"Born in exile, in Zambia, to a guerrilla father and a working mother, Sisonke Msimang is constantly on the move. Her parents, talented and highly educated, travel from Zambia to Kenya and Canada and beyond with their young family. Always the outsider, and against a backdrop of racism and xenophobia, Sisonke develops her keenly perceptive view of the world. In this sparkling account of a young girl's path to womanhood, Sisonke interweaves her personal story with her political awakening in America and Africa, her euphoria at returning to the new South Africa, and her disillusionment with the new elites"--

subjects: Politics and government,  African National Congress,  Exiles,  Psychological aspects,  History,  Political culture,  Biography,  Political persecution,  African national congress,  South africa, politics and government,  South africa, biography,  New York Times reviewed,  Exile,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women,  FICTION / Biographical,  Political psychology,  South Africa,  National liberation struggles,  Identity,  Personal narratives (form)

People: Sisonke Msimang

Places: South Africa

Times: 1994-,  21st century