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By MALAIKA WA AZANIA,Simphiwe Dana

ISBN-10: 1609806824

ISBN-13: 9781609806828

Apartheid is not over—so Malaika Wa Azania boldly argues in Memoirs of a Born Free, her account of becoming up black in modern day South Africa. Malaika used to be born on October 19, 1991, because the white minority executive used to be on its manner out, making her a "Born Free"—the identify given to the new release born after the tip of apartheid. yet Malaika has skilled firsthand what she calls "institutionalized racism," apartheid's legacy within the so-called Rainbow state. Recounting her upbringing in a black township racked through poverty and ailment, the loss of life of a cherished uncle by the hands of white police, and her alienation at multiracial colleges, she conjures up a rustic nonetheless held in thrall through de facto apartheid. She takes us via her anger and disillusionment with the parable of black liberation to the delivery and improvement of her commitment to the black cognizance circulate, which is still a guiding strength in her lifestyles. A trenchant, audacious, and eventually hopeful narrative, Memoirs of a Born loose introduces an enormous new voice in South African—and, certainly, global—activism.

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