An award-winning memoir, this is the moving story of an exceptional black South African woman who was born in 1873 and lived through the days of apartheid until 1955.
An award-winning memoir, this is the moving story of an exceptional black South African woman who was born in 1873 and lived through the days of apart...
This memoir is the story of a black woman, Katie Makanya. Born in 1873, Makanya refused a chance of wealth and fame as a performer to marry and raise a family in her native South Africa. There she lived through the days of apartheid until 1955, triumphing over all hardships and finding her calling as interpreter and assistant to a white doctor named James McCord.
This memoir is the story of a black woman, Katie Makanya. Born in 1873, Makanya refused a chance of wealth and fame as a performer to marry and raise ...