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In African Women, The Author Of The Highly Acclaimed And Best-selling Memoir Kaffir Boy Tells The Deeply Moving, Often Shocking, But Ultimately Inspiring Stories Of His Grandmother, Mother, And Sister. Coping With Abuse, Gambling, Drunkenness, And Infidelity From The Men They Love Or Have Been Forced To Marry, All Three Women Defy African Tradition, And The Poverty And Violence Of Life In A Modern Urban Society, To Make Fulfilling Lives For Themselves And Those They Love In The Belly Of The Apartheid Beast In South Africa. Granny Is Sold To Her Future Husband In Their Homeland - He Pays The Traditional Bride Price, Lobola, Agreed Upon By Their Two Families - And After Fathering Her Three Children, He Deserts Her For Another Woman. When Granny's Daughter Geli Comes Of Age, It's Not Surprising That Granny Forces Her To Marry An Older Man, Jackson Mathabane, Who Might Be Less Likely To Desert A Young Wife. The Marriage Of Geli And Jackson Is Fraught With Drama From The Very Beginning. Geli And Her Still-to-be-born First Child (the Author) Are Almost Victims Of Witchcraft, Saved At The Last Moment By A Relative Who Discovers The Perpetrator And Rescues Both Mother And Child. Jackson Dr

Who reads African Women : Three Generations?

Author

MARK MATHABANE

Publisher

Harpercollins Publishers

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060925833

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, Biography, Gender Studies

Rating

4.25 / 5 (97 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14