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03422aam a2200457 i 4500 001 B7C4735AA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220317010139 008 210511s2021 sa acf 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1928341853 020 $a 9781928341857 035 $a (OCoLC)1250302501 040 $a OL$ $b eng $e rda $c OL$ $d OL$ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OI@ $d OCLCO $d BDX $d HUL $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 041 0 $a xho $a xho 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a CT1929.N56 $b A3 2021 082 04 $a 968.05092 $2 23 082 04 $a 968.75806092 $2 23 100 1 $a Nkomo, Marjorie Nomasomali Goniwe, $d 1941- $e author. 245 10 $a Nomasomali : $b ubomi bam / $c Marjorie Nomasomali Goniwe Nkomo. 264 1 $a Johannesburg : $b Real African Publishers, $c 2021. 300 $a 142 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Nomasomali - Ubomi bam is the life story of an extraordinary South African woman. Born in 1941 in Bizana in the former Transkei, Marjorie Nomasomali Goniwe Nkomo seems to have lived many lives - as wife, mother, daughter, sister, cousin, aunt, nurse, activist and social worker - Before apartheid, During apartheid and After apartheid. In just 138 pages, the author seamlessly presents her history with the touch of a master storyteller and the universal voice of grandmothers everywhere. From the first line, we are engaged with her back in time, walking among her childhood friends following Nkosi Ndunge, the village traditional leader, as he strides through the streets proclaiming his authority. We are taken back to the homestead and the fields and the hearth, where meals are made and stories are brewed, along with the tea. Divided into three Parts - Before, During, After - the story moves from the innocence of the homestead and tales of growing up among a community of nurturing adults to Nomasomali's rise to adulthood, marriage, family and the ravages of apartheid. As the history of that period is well documented, it is refreshing to experience it from the perspective of a life moving forward in spite of the events swirling around it. Part 3, 'After', is a bittersweet reflection on what has become of our country since South Africa's first democratic election in 1994. One is left in catharsis, wishing for a return to the innocence of a bygone era but knowing it is gone forever. A sad fact that makes stories like this one such treasures."-- $c Back cover. 520 $a Text in English, with some Xhosa. 600 10 $a Nkomo, Marjorie Nomasomali Goniwe, $d 1941- 650 0 $a Women, Black $z South Africa $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women, Black $z Transkei $z Transkei $v Biography. 650 0 $a Nurses $z South Africa $v Biography. 650 0 $a Nurses $z Transkei $z Transkei $v Biography. 650 7 $a Women, Black. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01178916 650 7 $a Nurses. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01041618 651 0 $a South Africa $v Biography. 651 0 $a Transkei (South Africa) $v Biography. 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 651 7 $a South Africa $z Transkei. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205008 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023837.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B7C4735AA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search