uMama
Subtitle: recollections of South African mothers and grandmothers
By: compiled and edited by Marion Keim
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Umuzi
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781415200674
Description: Forty great South Africans celebrate their mothers and grandmothers. Leaders from the worlds of politics, business, music, sport, education and literature pay homage to the women who have influenced and inspired them to lead exceptional lives. Desmond Tutu writes that he hopes he can resemble his mother spiritually and emulate her generosity and kindness, while Pam Golding shares her mom's good advice: "Keep dancing and you'll stay out of trouble!" Who was it that raised the likes of Sibongile Khumalo or Antjie Krog to extraordinary achievement? Or Nelson Mandela, Lukas Radebe, JM Coetzee, Helen Suzman, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Miriam Makeba, Elana Meyer, Trevor Manual and many more? Much of the answer lies in these heart-warming tributes.