UMama - South African Mothers and Grandmothers
ISBN: 9781415200674
Umuzi, September 2008
176 pages, Paperback
The hand that rocks the cradle as this title amply demonstrates, there is almost always a nurturing mother figure behind the people who become giants in their field. Thus witnesses 50 men and women, well-known in the public life of South Africa, with touching short essays about their mothers or grandmothers. There are writers, musicians and stars of the stage, educationist and legal dignitaries, businesspeople and sports personalities, artists, filmmakers and media leaders.