U-Annie Silinga wayeyimithetho yaseNingizimu Afrika emelene namapasi futhi eyisishoshovu sezombusazwe esimelene nobandlululo. Waziwa ngeqhaza lakhe njengoMongameli we- African National Congress Women’s League yaseKapa, umholi wemashi yokungadluli kwamapasi ngo-1956 owaya e-Union Buildings ePitoli, eNingizimu Afrika futhi nguyena yedwa owesifazane wase-Afrika ecaleni lokuvukela umbuso ngo-1956 eNingizimu Afrika. U-Annie Silinga wazalwa ngo-1910 eNqqamakwe esifundeni saseButterworth e-Transkei,eyaziwa manje ngokuthi yi- Eastern Cape, lapho aqeda khona iminyaka embalwa esikoleni samabanga aphansi. USilinga wakhulela e-Transkei ngesikhathi sokuchuma, lapho umhlaba wawuvumela ukulima futhi izinkomo zazikhona ukudla ngokukhululeka. Kodwa-ke, ukwanda kwenani labantu kwaholela ekugugulekeni komhlabathi kanye namadlelo adala ubumpofu endaweni. Ngo-1937, izimo zase ziwohlokile kwaze kwafika lapho uSilinga esephelelwe ithemba, efisa ukuthutha. "Izingane" zakhe, esho, "zazifa e-Transkei." Ngo-1937, lapho eneminyaka engu-27, uSilinga wathuthela eKapa lapho umyeni wakhe uMatthew esanda kuzuza umsebenzi, enethemba lokuthola izikhungo zezokwelapha ezingcono. EKapa, ngokokuqala ngqa, uSilinga, umyeni wakhe kanye nezingane zabo ezinhlanu bangahlala ndawonye njengomndeni.