Mapping My Way Home: Activism, Nostalgia, and the Downfall of Apartheid South Africa
304 pp, $23 pbk, ISBN 978-1-58367-667-7
By Stephanie J. Urdang
Reviewed by Jim Barnes
“What’s wrong with Africa? Political unrest, genocide, and one socio-economic disaster after another has plagued the continent since it gained independence in the 1960’s. Africa’s political and economic performance has been weak by world standards, mostly due to corrupt leadership and bad policies. Sadly, the African people have little to show for a generation of self-rule. ¶ With this bleak reality as a backdrop, Stephanie Urdang’s memoir about life as a white South African political activist gives readers a behind-the-scenes view of her frustrations and triumphs…”
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