In the Dark with My Dress on Fire: My Life in Cape Town, London, Havana and Home Again - Softcover

La Guma, Blanche; Klammer, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770099220 ISBN 13: 9781770099227

Publisher: Jacana Media, 2011

Synopsis

During the struggle to end apartheid, Blanche La Guma led a complex and demanding life as a nurse-midwife by day and underground activist—within a clandestine Communist cell—by night. Harassed, banned, and at one time imprisoned, Blanche worked tirelessly to support her family in Cape Town while providing safe houses for anti-apartheid leaders, such as Walter Sisulu and Govan Mbeki. Forced into exile in 1966, Blanche continued the fight for justice in London and, later, in Havana, where she mentored hundreds of African National Congress students sent to Cuba after the 1976 Soweto Uprising. This rare firsthand account chronicles Blanche’s life as a South African exile in Fidel Castro’s Cuba, traveling through the Communist world at large, and finally returning to her country with dignity and freedom.

About this title

About the Author:

Blanche La Guma dedicated her life to ending apartheid in South Africa though her various roles as a professional nurse, wife, mother, and underground Communist activist. She is a former deputy representative of The African National Congress. Martin Klammer is a professor of Africana Studies at Luther College. He lives in Decorah, Iowa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jacana Media
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1770099220
• ISBN 13: 9781770099227
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256