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Always Another Country
Always Another Country | Sisonke Msimang
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An intimate story of exile and homecoming by the South African author whose TED Talk touched millions."Brutally and uncompromisingly honest, Sisonke's beautifully crafted storytelling enriches the already extraordinary pool of young African women writers of our time." -Graa Machel, widow of former South African president Nelson MandelaBorn in exile, in Zambia, to a guerrilla father and a working mother, Sisonke Msimang is constantly on the move. Her parents, talented and highly educated, travel from Zambia to Kenya and Canada and beyond with their young family. Always the outsider, and against a backdrop of racism and xenophobia, Sisonke develops her keenly perceptive view of the world. In this sparkling account of a young girl's path to womanhood, Sisonke 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. Confidential and reflective, Always Another Country is a search for belonging and identity: a warm and intimate story that will move many readers.
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Always Another Country | Sisonke Msimang
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This book was very well written and had great flow. Her memoir is insightful and extremely honest. She shares her deepest thoughts and revelations on belonging based constructs of citizenship, race, privilege, and gender. I couldn‘t put the book down and highly recommend it.

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Stories are the antidote to bias. #VWF2018

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Always Another Country | Sisonke Msimang
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I run my fingers over the little puncture wounds of racism.
#VWF2018

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Always Another Country | Sisonke Msimang
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“You have to distinguish between your wounds and your scars. Everything in this book is a scar. Wounds are private.” -Sisonke Msimang, speaking about her memoir at #VWF2018 yesterday. Msimang was asked what makes a story worth telling. She answered that we haven‘t had enough stories of ordinary girls and women growing up in South Africa during an extraordinary backdrop.

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Sue
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Always Another Country | Sisonke Msimang
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Picked this up from my favourite indie @avidreader . It looks really interesting!

CarolynM I read an article about her in yesterday's newspaper. Interesting woman. 6y
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Always Another Country | Sisonke Msimang
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In her excellent TED Talk, Sisonke Msimang speaks of the dangers of stories, including our disregard of those with protagonists we don‘t like.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sisonke_msimang_if_a_story_moves_you_act_on_it?utm_cam...

Erinreadsthebooks Yes! 'Liking' the character(s)/protagonist shouldn't be a requirement. It's definitely not for me! 6y
Abby2 It is easier to slip into a story with a likeable hero but it often doesn‘t stick with me until the end. Complex flawed characters can be truly enthralling. Like Dexter. 6y
Weaponxgirl This is great and I will always pick a book with an unlikeable character who is a well rounded human over a likeable but perfect character who is poorly done. I also sometimes wonder how much time people spend with others when I see some of the characters that get called unlikeable. 6y
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