Our Generation - Softcover

Jaffer, Zubeida

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0795701489 ISBN 13: 9780795701481

Publisher: Kwela Books, 2004

Synopsis

Our Generation is Zubeida Jaffer's personal life story, seamlessly woven into the story of the struggle for democracy in South Africa. This autobiographical account spans 15 years, starting in 1980 when Zubeida was a young reporter, to post-1994 and the TRC hearings, where she testified. This story is shaped around the relationship of Zubeida and her daughter, Ruschka, which makes it a unique struggle account. Political experiences are interspersed with talk about babies, her passionate love for her husband in hiding and the torment of a relationship unravelling. She bravely talks about never having time for herself because of the heavy demands made on activists. She also writes about her problematic relationship with Islam, the religion she was brought up in, but also the religion she questioned for its sexist rules. The title has its climax in Zubeida's testimony to the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission and her final break down. Her story is driven by an impulse towards joy - in the end she triumphs as an individual, a woman, a freedom fighter, a writer and a mother.

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About the Author

Zubeida Jaffer has been a journalist for more than 20 years. She is a political analyst for the Institute of Justice and Reconciliation and the founding editor of the Parliamentary Bureau for Independent Newspapers, which represents 14 newspapers. She was the first South African woman to receive the U.S.A.'s Foreign Journalist Award and has received an award from the New York Foreign Press Association for outstanding academic and professional achievements.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kwela Books
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0795701489
• ISBN 13: 9780795701481
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164