Une famille indienne en Afrique du Sud. Une fillette à l'ombre de l'apartheid, son désir farouche d'émancipation. Un quotidien tragique, tendre et cocasse. Une épine d'acacia au coeur... N. Govender témoigne de sa propre vie avant l'exil. Aujourd'hui elle enseigne dans une université française. ©Electre 2025
I started writing "Acacia thorn in my heart" after reading the book of a white South African woman about her childhood in the same region as mine but relating a completely different experience. She had maids, her father drove her to school and she played with real toys. I lived in the heart of the country, away from everything and had to walk five miles to go to school.
I was born in Natal. My father rented a plot of land from a white owner to do market gardening. Although Indian families tended not to educate daughters, our parents decided that education was a priority for us. Despite financial difficulties, they were able to send us to school. We had to get up at five o'clock in order to catch the school train. In winter, as we were scantily clad, we shivered all the way to the station.
Paru le : 10/09/2001
Thématique : Littérature Anglo-Saxonne
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Neela Govender
Éditeur(s) :
Gaspard Nocturne
Collection(s) : Non précisé.
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : Non précisé.
EAN13 : 9782914156134
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 156
Hauteur: 18.0 cm / Largeur 16.0 cm
Poids: 180 g
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