Author
Lindi Tardif
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Publisher
Elm Hill
Published
July 2019
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Lindi Tardif
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Paperback / softback
Publisher
Elm Hill
Published
July 2019
£10.95
Free UK Delivery
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Daughter of Apartheid
Today's Price £10.95
It’s been two decades since the fall of apartheid, a quarter century since the liberation of Eastern European states, five decades since the death of American “Jim Crow,” and seventy-plus years since the beginning of the emancipation of the African states. Freedom has advanced, yet there are some Black people in South Africa, the United States, and other parts around the globe who question if it has advanced far enough and are embittered.
I am a Black woman born to the racist apartheid regime of South Africa. My family suffered the slights of apartheid--petty and grand--as well as the poverty, degradation, street violence, lack of opportunity, and other ills of the system.
Twenty years old when apartheid gave way to the Rainbow Nation, I have lived about half my life under that system. Those who came before me knew only separation and oppression, while those who followed were born to the idea that “South Africa belongs to all who live in it”. My generation--perhaps it’s not really a generation, but rather a seven- to ten-year cohort--knows both. Therefore. My generation has a unique perspective on what happened then as well as what is happening now, on transitioning from restriction to freedom, on recognizing and celebrating progress, on pushing through negatives to embrace forgiveness, hope, and humanity, and on understanding the importance of choice.
In telling my story, as well as the stories of some of my friends and teachers, I share my perspective on the issues I have grappled with--including choice, identity, forgiveness, and humanity--with those who are wrestling with similar issues in the United States, my adopted home country, and in South Africa, the country of my birth. Deprivation and marginalization are, after all, as hurtful and debilitating in inner city Baltimore as they are in Soweto, and making a deliberate decision to move forward in the face of either, or both, is always powerful, no matter what your address or particular circumstances.
Author
Lindi Tardif
Book Format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Elm Hill
Published
July 2019
Weight
199g
Dimensions
152 x 229 x 6 mm
ISBN
9781400325269
ISBN-10
1400325269
Eden Code
5063875
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Author/Creator: Lindi Tardif
ISBN: 9781400325269
Publisher: Elm Hill
Release Date: July 2019
Weight: 199g
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 6 mm
Eden Code: 5063875