The stories of six South African women who travelled to fight for workers and for women’s rights, and risked it all.
- Research Associate, Humanities Research Centre (and African Literature Department, University of the Witwatersrand), University of York
The solo journey of a queer, black woman across the continent makes fascinating reading.
She reveals a range of African experiences: from traders to martial arts champions, visa overstayers to heart surgeons.
These vibrant writers embrace the open road and claim spaces that were denied them during apartheid.
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