Forbidden friends
Subtitle: living under apartheid
By: Elizabeth Ann Schneider
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Schneider
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780989930208
Subjects: Apartheid; Friendship; Personal narratives
Description: "Forbidden Friends chronicles the evolving friendship between the author, Elizabeth Schneider, a white American, and Elizabeth Mngadi, her black cleaning woman from Soweto. When the author moved to Johannesburg in 1975, during the apartheid period, such personal friendships were highly unusual - and strictly forbidden by the flat manager. Slowly the two Elizabeths became friends over secret tea breaks. The author, an anthropology graduate student at the time, kept a detailed diary about her field trips to rural tribal "homelands," their conversations about daily life in Soweto, and their terrifying encounters with the police. These true stories, many told with humor, reveal the dignity of people trying to rise above a dehumanizing system."--Publisher description.