A younger generation of feminists will remember her, above all, for her remarkable championing of the struggle against patriarchy.
- Canada150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics and Visiting Professor, WiSER Wits University, Carleton University
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s political power stemmed from the visceral connection that she was able to make between the lives of the oppressed black people, and her own.
South Africa has changed since Jacob Zuma’s 2006 rape trial. In recent years, a new and assertive feminist movement has emerged and attacks on the president have become common cause.
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