PublishedText Publishing, July 2018 |
ISBN9781925603798 |
FormatSoftcover, 320 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.4cm × 2.4cm |
"If I were given five minutes with my younger self, that little girl who cried every time we had to leave for another country, I would hold her tight and not say a word. I would just be still and have her feel my beating heart, a thud to echo her own, a silent message that, no matter the outcome, she would survive and be stronger and happier than she might think as she stood at the threshold of each new home."
Sisonke Msimang was born in exile, the daughter of South African freedom fighters. Always Another Country is the story of a young girl's path to womanhood - a journey that took her from Africa to America and back again, then on to a new home in Australia.
Frank, fierce and insightful, she reflects candidly on the abuse she suffered as a child, the naive, heady euphoria of returning at last to her parents homeland - and her disillusionment with present-day South Africa and its new elites. Sisonke Msimang is a bold new voice on feminism, race and politics - in her beloved South Africa, in Australia, and around the world.
