From Library Journal
Post-apartheid South Africa has been attracting the attention of writers and scholars throughout the world. This is one of the many volumes written to show how the country has changed and how it has remained the same since the major political upheavals of the early 1990s. Hopkins, a freelance writer from Tucson, AZ, visited South Africa and Namibia from 1995 to 1996, when Nelson Mandela had been president for two years and South Africa was in the middle of a transformation. Although Hopkins describes numerous personal experiences as she shows how the population is adjusting, the book is more valuable as a study of a woman in her late middle age coming to grips with her past and anticipating the future than it is as an insightful portrayal of South Africa. Still, the book is well written and enjoyable; recommended for public libraries.DMark L. Grover, Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"By focusing on the stories of daily existence in her travels, Hopkins opens a window onto this remarkable moment of history, and finds that view a parable of hope for all human societies." -- Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of The Edges of the Civilized World
...valuable as a study of a woman in her late middle age coming to grips.... Well written and recommended... -- Library Jouranl
...valuable as a study of a woman in her late middle age coming to grips.... Well written and recommended... -- Library Jouranl
