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Mother to Mother is an epistolary novel by South African writer Sindiwe Magona. Background [ edit ] As stated in the novel's preface , the fictional story of Mother to Mother is based on the real events from 1993 peaking in Amy Biehl 's death in Cape Town's Gugulethu .
- Sindiwe Magona
- 1998
Jan 1, 2000 · Mother to Mother (Bluestreak) Paperback – January 1, 2000. Sindiwe Magona's novel Mother to Mother explores the South African legacy of apartheid through the lens of a woman who remembers a life marked by oppression and injustice. Magona decided to write this novel when she discovered that Fulbright Scholar Amy Biehl, who had been killed ...
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- Sindiwe Magona
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- Beacon Press
Dec 1, 1998 · 1,655 ratings140 reviews. Sindiwe Magona's novel Mother to Mother explores the South African legacy of apartheid through the lens of a woman who remembers a life marked by oppression and injustice. Magona decided to write this novel when she discovered that Fulbright Scholar Amy Biehl, who had been killed while working to organize the nation's ...
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Aug 23, 2022 · Drawing from the 1993 killing of Amy Biehl in apartheid-era South Africa, Mother to Mother, a novel by Sindiwe Magona, shares with us a different perspective. Literature about murders of white people by black people tend to avoid the women in the killer's life - unless it's framed in terms of pathology.
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- Sindiwe Magona
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About Mother to Mother. Mother to Mother is a novel with depth, at once an emotional plea for compassion and understanding, and a sharp look at the impacts of colonialism and apartheid on South African families. Inspired by the true story of Fulbright scholar Amy Biehl’s murder, the book takes the form of a letter to the victim’s mother.
- Sindiwe Magona
- Paperback
Aug 23, 2022 · Paperback – August 23, 2022. Mother to Mother is a novel with depth, at once an emotional plea for compassion and understanding, and a sharp look at the impacts of colonialism and apartheid on South African families. Inspired by the true story of Fulbright scholar Amy Biehl's murder, the book takes the form of a letter to the victim’s mother.
- Sindiwe Magona
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Aug 25, 1993 · Sindiwe Magona. Beacon Press, Sep 15, 2000 - Fiction - 224 pages. Sindiwe Magona's novel Mother to Mother explores the South African legacy of apartheid through the lens of a woman who remembers a life marked by oppression and injustice. Magona decided to write this novel when she discovered that Fulbright Scholar Amy Biehl, who had been killed ...
