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A passion for freedom : my life / Maphela Ramphele.
LIBRA DT1949.R36 R36 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ramphele, Mamphela, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ramphele, Mamphela.
- Stateswomen--South Africa--Biography.
- Stateswomen.
- South Africa.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 352 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
- Summary:
- "Mamphela Ramphele is a leading figure in South African politics. A medical doctor and anthropologist by training, she first rose to prominence as a student, when she was a vocal member of the Black Consciousness Movement and associate of Steve Biko. She served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town and as a Director at the World Bank in Washington DC before returning to South Africa as Director of Corp Capital. She started Letsema Circle, a community development initiative, and then the Citizen's Movement, before finally entering politics. Her Agang South Africa party was launched in 2013 and she continues to have a high profile as one of the most steadfastly independent and critical voices."--Back cover.
- Contents:
- 1 One hot afternoon in December 11
- 2 Moeng etla ka geso, re je ka wean 21
- 3 The notion of home 32
- 4 boSofasonke 46
- 5 School, the institution 52
- 6 Matriculation is not a mattress 66
- 7 The death of my father 72
- 8 Initiation into activism 79
- 9 Frank Talk and Black Consciousness 86
- 10 Personal relationships 102
- 11 '...ours is to accept and bear the pain' 115
- 12 Community life in King 127
- 13 A huge historical burden 143
- 14 Detention 152
- 15 'Well, Dr Ramphele, goodbye, you bitch!' 162
- 16 A brief interlude 167
- 17 That fateful day - 12 September 1977 177
- 18 A matter of survival 193
- 19 Forging an independent lifestyle 206
- 20 Cape Town 212
- 21 As mother and professional 228
- 22 When the engine stopped 243
- 23 Smelling the flowers 251
- 24 The pain of loss 258
- 25 Stretching across boundaries 263
- 26 In my wildest dreams 270
- 27 If you had all the cards on your side 280
- 28 A woman in a hurry 288
- 29 The VC years 295
- 30 Funding the changes 302
- 31 Moving on 309
- 32 An exit strategy 316
- 33 Being an active citizen. 323
- 34 Mobilising against the fear 329
- 35 Agang 334.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781784530426
- 1784530425
- OCLC:
- 883432488
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