The Cry of Winnie Mandela combines fiction, mythology and snippets from the (auto) biographical works of Nelson and Winnie Mandela. They meet in the house of the 2nd descendant under the name Ibandla labafanzi abalindile (a gathering of waiting women), later renamed, “a gathering of women in mourning” (Ibandla labafanzi bomlindelo). The first descendant’s husband went to look for a job in the South African minefields after a severe drought decimated his crops. The second descendant’s husband went to study medicine in Scottland, hoping to become the first doctor in his village. The remedy for their anguish is for waiting women to assert themselves once their husbands return.

Source: Daily Nation July 25, 2020 06:00 UTC