Blanche La Guma: 2 books
A Soviet Journey
A Critical Annotated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
In 1978, the South African activist and novelist Alex La Guma (1925–1985) published A Soviet Journey, a memoir of his travels in the Soviet Union. Today it stands as one of the longest and most substantive first-hand accounts of the USSR by an African writer. La Guma’s book is consequently a rare...
In the Dark with My Dress on Fire
My Life in Cape Town, London, Havana and Home Again
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
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...