A Rare Gift To The Struggle: Ma Vesta Smith and The Everyday Politics of Liberation

Suriano, Maria

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By uncovering the untold story of Vesta Smith (1922?2013), a community activist from Noordgesig, Soweto, this?biography addresses a crucial?gap in the literature on the anti-apartheid?movement?in South Africa. Based on extensive?interviews and?previously unexamined archival materials,?it reveals how her Christian faith fuelled her commitment?to?non-racialism and lifelong pursuit of social justice and how her non-sectarian,?anti-apartheid activism connected generations, ideologies?and communities.

R 265.00
9781431435906
3.05 mb
English
2024-12-01
Jacana Media
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