When we dance
Subtitle: a memoir
By: by Melanie Verwoerd ; foreword by Desmond Tutu
Publisher: Liberties; Liberties Press Ltd
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9781907593567
Subjects: South Africans; Legislators; Ambassadors; Women legislators; Women ambassadors; Biography
Description: "When We Dance is a fascinating account of the life of a woman who played a major role in South Africa's journey from apartheid to democracy, and went on to become South African ambassador to Ireland. The book takes the reader on a remarkable journey through Melanie's life, from her upbringing in South Africa's Afrikaner heartland, to her involvement with the ANC, & her work in Ireland as South African ambassador and head of UNICEF Ireland. She also writes movingly about her relationship with the late RTÉ presenter Gerry Ryan"--Publisher's website.