Sisonke Msimang
Sisonke Msimang is a South African writer, activist and political analyst based in Perth, Western Australia, whose focus is on race, gender, and politics. She is known for her memoir Always Another Country: A memoir of exile and home (2017) and The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela (2018), a biography of anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Early life and education
Msimang was born in
Msimang initially grew up around South African
Between 1992 and 1996 Msimang earned a Bachelor of Arts in politics and communication studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota,[4] and returned to South Africa in 1997. According to Msimang she decided to begin a career in human rights and social justice, which brought her to become an activist.[2]
Between 2002 and 2005 she obtained a master's degree in political science[4] from the African Gender Institute[6] at the University of Cape Town.[4]
Career
Msimang's first job was in 1997 as a programme officer at the Australian High Commission in Pretoria, which is where she met her husband Simon White.[5][7]
From 2003 to 2005 Msimang worked as a gender advisor for
Msimang has held
Msimang began her writing career in earnest from 2013, writing regular columns for the centre-right Daily Maverick.[12] In her first book, Always Another Country, she thanks editor Branko Brkic and CEO Styli Charalambous for 'giving me a start'.[5]
She has been both storyteller and facilitator for
As of 2021[update] Msimang is Head Story Trainer at the Centre for Stories in Perth.[17]
Works
In 2017 Always Another Country: A memoir of exile and home was published in South Africa, with the Australian edition published the following year.
The next year she wrote The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela, an investigation of the rise and fall of anti-apartheid activist and ex-wife of
Personal life
In 2014, Msimang moved to Perth, Western Australia, where she lives with her Australian husband, their two children and his children from a previous relationship.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Long journey home". The West Australian. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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- ^ a b c d e f "Sisonke Msimang". ABC: Q+A. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Always Another Country". Bookshop.org.
- ^ a b c d e "Sisonke Msimang". Sonke Gender Justice. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Nyker, Nadim (16 November 2017). "Back 'home' from a life in exile". You Magazine.
- ^ "Sisonke Msimang". New Voices Fellowship. 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Sisonke Msimang". Yale World Fellows. 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-925603-79-8– via Trove
- ^ "Our People".
- ^ "Sisonke Msimang". Daily Maverick.
- ^ a b c "Sisonke Msimang". Centre for Stories. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "The Gathering: Should civil society deliver services?". eNCA. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Just where is SA heading?". eNCA. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "WA Premier's Book Awards announced". Books+Publishing. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Our Team". Centre for Stories. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-925603-79-8– via Trove,
Originally published in South Africa by Jonathan Bell Publishers, Cape Town, 2017... National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- ^ Msimang, Sisonke (14 September 2018). "Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang — the end of the Rainbow Nation?". Financial Times. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- S2CID 219523068– via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.