Singing Away the Hunger : The Autobiography of an African Woman
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction
Book Type: Paperback
Joshua D. (mercinary) reviewed on + 29 more book reviews
My wife read this book quite some time ago and could not provide much of a review. Below is an excerpt from the back cover of the book, which I hope is helpful.
"A compelling and unique autobiography by an African woman with little formal education, less priviledge, and almost no experience of books or writing. Mpho's voice is a voice almost never heard in literature or history, a voice from within the struggle of "ordinary" African women to negotiate a world which incorporates ancient pastoral ways in the congestion, brutality, and racist violence of city life. It is also the voice of a born story teller who has a subject worthy of her gifts - a story for all the world to hear."
"A compelling and unique autobiography by an African woman with little formal education, less priviledge, and almost no experience of books or writing. Mpho's voice is a voice almost never heard in literature or history, a voice from within the struggle of "ordinary" African women to negotiate a world which incorporates ancient pastoral ways in the congestion, brutality, and racist violence of city life. It is also the voice of a born story teller who has a subject worthy of her gifts - a story for all the world to hear."
