Book cover for Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang

Always Another Country

Sisonke Msimang
2018 Released
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World EditionsISBN 9781642860207

  • Lead title with 100,000 AFP
  • South African author Sisonke Msimang is one of the most exciting contemporary female black voices in literature.
  • Her work frequently appears in publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian and the Huffington Post .
  • Her TED Talk “If a story moves you, act on it” was watched over 1 million times
  • Always Another Country is already a bestseller in South Africa
  • Sisonke was born in exile as the daughter of South African political activists – she first set foot in her home country as a teenager
  • An intimate story of exile and homecoming, her memoir is a story of growing up in exile and interweaves her personal story with her political awakening in America and Africa, her euphoria at returning to the new South Africa, and her disillusionment with the new elites.
  • Sisonke has lived in Zambia, Kenya and Canada and attended Macalester College in Saint Paul
  • For fans of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Sisonke is an outspoken, race-conscious feminist and political activist.
  • Trevor Noah’s memoir Born a Crime about growing up during apartheid in South Africa is a huge bestseller – the timing for this title is excellent!
  • Amazing endorsements including from Graca Machel, Nelson Mandela's widow and former first lady of South Africa

    • Sisonke Msimang

    Sisonke Msimang writes
    about race, gender and power. She is the author of two books - Always
    Another Country     and The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela - and has
    been published widely including in The New York Times, the Washington Post,
    Laphams Quarterly     and a range of other publications. Sisonke is also the voice behind Ms
    Understanding    , a regular column in The Guardian that deals with
    everyday racism.

    More by Sisonke Msimang

    Gaze Regimes
    The Gifts of Reading
    Surfacing
    Resurrection of Winnie Mandela

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