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Steinberg says Winnie was an extraordinarily complicated character and one shouldn’t make any sweeping statements about her. She understood fluidity. He cites the example of her abuse of 4 black boys and a man who were suspected of having had sexual relationships with a white priest. At the same time she had openly gay friends whom she celebrated and supported.Steinberg says Nelson and Winnie drifted miles apart politically. Nelson didn’t realise it whilst in prison.
Jacob Dlamini, author of celebrated works such as The Terrorist Album, Askari and Safari Nation, said of Winnie & Nelson: “Only Steinberg could have written a book in which Winnie and Nelson can appear both larger-than-life and all-too-human. What a book! What an achievement!” EXCERPT | Winnie & Nelson by Jonny Steinberg: ‘They were throwing themselves into the maelstrom of history’
Mokoena says reading the book makes you feel complicit, Steinberg had full access to the transcribed, private conversations between Nelson and Winnie on Robben Island. Steinberg agrees, he says he could only access the transcripts because it was on the national archives.- Adriaan BassonFacilitator Hlonipha Mokoena says she is in awe of Steinberg’s latest book, “it has taken political biography to a new level in South Africa… we need our own Pulitzer prize.
Herman says he wasn't worried about revealing himself, but some reactions he got were concerning. He was attacked just for the title Hoerkind. A reader, says Herman, criticised him for"name-dropping". I've been criticised a lot by tannies from the platteland, says Herman.The churchgoers are the most vicious, says Herman. I was a drug addict mother, says Melinda."I was on heroin when I was pregnant ... Now my children are grown up. My son Daniel read Smacked when he was 18.
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