Always Another Country

Msimang, Sisonke

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An intimate story of exile and homecoming by the South African author whose TED Talk touched millions.

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ISBN/GTIN978-1-64286-153-2

Type de produitLivre

ReliureRelié

ÉditeurIngram Publishers ServicesWorld Editions

Date de parution18.06.2024

Pages368 pages

LangueAnglais

Groupe de produitsRelations

CatégorieSociologie

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Msimang, Sisonke

Sisonke Msimang (Swaziland, 1974) is a South African writer, speaker and political analyst in issues related to race, gender and democracy. With her successful literary debut, Always Another Country, she has established herself as one of the most exciting new contemporary voices in literature. Born to parents living in political exile, Sisonke Msimang was raised in Zambia, Kenya and Canada, before going to the US as an undergraduate. She has a Master's Degree in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Macalester College in the Minnesota. She has held fellowships at Yale University and the Aspen Institute and was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (WEF). She has worked for the United Nations and as an Executive Director of George Soros's Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa. Now based in Perth, Australia, she is Program Director for the Centre for Stories, a social enterprise organization, from where she travels regularly to the US, South Africa and other countries. She contributes to publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian and The Huffington Post, and has over 20,000 followers on Twitter (@Sisonkemsimang). Her TED Talk, "If a story moves you, act on it," has been viewed over one million times.