Swimming with cobras / Rosemary Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Rosemary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smith, Rosemary, 1942-.

Smith, Rosemary.

Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Biography.

Anti-apartheid activists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athlone, South Africa : Modjaji Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Swimming with Cobras is a memoir about a journey to find a foothold in a foreign land grappling with its own identity, offering rare and important insight into a corner of South Africa's past. Rosemary Smithís life as an activist in the Eastern Cape began when she moved from England with her South African born husband in the mid-1960s. They made their home in Grahamstown where they raised four children. As a member of the Black Sash she participated in events spanning three decades in an intensely politicised and oppressed province. Through her involvement she made the transition to full integ

Contents:

Cover; Copyright page; Title page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Swimming with cobras; A sheltered life; Not a person; Establishing an identity; Working days; Time out; Repression hits the Eastern Cape; More detentions; Getting the message across; Chinks appearing; Improvements in progress; Knitting with barbed wire; At home; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613660671

9781920590215

1920590218

9781280683732

1280683732

9781920590239

1920590234

9781920590222

1920590226

9781920590246

1920590242

OCLC:

817086926