tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8321301015304055350..comments2024-03-28T20:02:35.777-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 1936 – 2018Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-57592673513146183522018-04-07T03:25:00.523-04:002018-04-07T03:25:00.523-04:00Trevor Noah paid tribute to Winnie Mandela on his ...Trevor Noah paid tribute to Winnie Mandela on his show this week. He talked about how when the men were imprisoned, the women were the activists.<br /><br />He also quoted the South African proverb, "When you have struck a woman, you have struck a rock."<br /><br />Nicely done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-48497229020898364422018-04-06T07:30:27.002-04:002018-04-06T07:30:27.002-04:00Thanks for the suggestion, Kathy. I'll look ou...Thanks for the suggestion, Kathy. I'll look out for the movie.Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-41678011292498871452018-04-05T20:12:16.498-04:002018-04-05T20:12:16.498-04:00Absolutely true. Women who were leaders and activ...Absolutely true. Women who were leaders and activists, those who were tortured and imprisoned, those who somehow continued to resist should be lionized as the heroes they were.<br /><br />On a slightly different note, but with merit is the film about Ruth First starring Barbara Hershey. Although she <br />was not mistreated and abused daily like Winnie Mandela, Albertina Sisulu and the other African women leaders and organizers, First was jailed. Later, First was murdered in Mozambique by agents of the apartheid regime. It came up who did it during the Truth and Reconciliation hearings.<br /><br />The film about Ruth First is based on a book written by her daughter, Shawn Slovo. (I think that's the daughter who wrote the book.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4030489125367407102018-04-05T14:20:46.561-04:002018-04-05T14:20:46.561-04:00Thanks for all the comments. She was, indeed, a mo...Thanks for all the comments. She was, indeed, a most extraordinary woman. Many women were leaders in various ways of the anti apartheid struggle. Not that many received the credit they deserved.Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-257767145465195822018-04-05T12:28:54.905-04:002018-04-05T12:28:54.905-04:00Thank you so much for this, Michael. So often in h...Thank you so much for this, Michael. So often in history that faults or misdeeds of powerful men are blamed on the evil influence of their women. Powerful women are never given such quarter. You have shown Winnie here a human being. Not even a person with her power and determination could come out of her experiences unscarred. Her wounds were incredibly deep. The press was inclined to paint as the villain of her own life. The villains, the monsters, were really the men who tortured her. They are the ones who deserve the blame for what they turned her into. I am grateful to you for letting me see this so clearly today. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-59165526878504481462018-04-05T09:37:25.894-04:002018-04-05T09:37:25.894-04:00What a woman. What a woman. Leyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669617004830331791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-67872870345028470252018-04-05T09:36:55.332-04:002018-04-05T09:36:55.332-04:00A brilliant obituary bringing clarity to an iconic...A brilliant obituary bringing clarity to an iconic yet enigmatic life. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-90880928448684143102018-04-05T08:14:38.721-04:002018-04-05T08:14:38.721-04:00She will be remembered long after the Zumas and Mb...She will be remembered long after the Zumas and Mbekes. What a woman!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-38137562575958882192018-04-05T07:16:57.962-04:002018-04-05T07:16:57.962-04:00And Hamba Kahle.And Hamba Kahle.Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-31438810689021923852018-04-05T06:49:13.190-04:002018-04-05T06:49:13.190-04:00Amandla! Winnie Mandela.
You were a hero and stil...Amandla! Winnie Mandela.<br /><br />You were a hero and still are in the courageous anti-apartheid resistance. Not only do people in South Africa hold her in high esteem, but do so people around the world, including women.<br /><br />She had to deal with what no one, no woman should have to face. I did not walk in her shoes, nor did I have to live under apartheid repression, as an African woman, so I pass no judgment.<br /><br />And as I just wrote about Albertina Sisulu, she would have been 100 years old this year. She was a leader of the 20,000-strong march of women in Pretoria in 1956 against the pass system for African women.<br /><br />International Women's History Month is over by a few days, but these women belong in this history as icons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com