{"product_id":"a-renegade-called-simphiwe","title":"A Renegade Called Simphiwe, by Pumla Dineo Gqola","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe legendary Simphiwe Dana was more than a star, she helped shape South African culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed by the media as 'South Africa's Jazz Diva No#1' and 'the best thing to happen to Afro-Soul music since Miriam Makeba', Dana is listened to and loved both locally and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Renegade Called Simphiwe, penned by highly respected writer, cultural rogue and academic, Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola, is part biography, part analysis; unconventional like its subject, and unravels the 'Simphiwe phenomenon' and the world that makes her possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePumla Dineo Gqola \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of\u003cem\u003eWhat is Slavery to Me? Postcolonial\/Slave memory in Post-apartheid South Africa\u003c\/em\u003e(published by Wits Press in 2010) and editor of\u003cem\u003eRegarding Winnie: Feminism, race and nation in global representations of Winnie Madikizela Mandela\u003c\/em\u003e(forthcoming with Cassava Republic Press). She has written non-fiction and opinion pieces for \u003cem\u003ePambazuka\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMail \u0026amp; Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003eThe Weekender \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCity Press \u003c\/em\u003eas well as the British publications\u003cem\u003eBBC Focus on Africa\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003eSABLE\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003eDrum\u003c\/em\u003e(UK) and short stories in literary journals and books published in South Africa, USA and UK. Pumla holds MA degrees from the universities of Cape Town and Warwick, UK and a PhD from the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich, Germany. She is associate professor of African literary and gender studies at the University of the Witwatersrand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Pumla Dineo Gqola (2013)\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781920601089\u003cbr\u003eFormat Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePages 158p.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23.11 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booksite Afrika","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39308371329109,"sku":"9781920601089","price":225.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/0053\/8453\/products\/renegadecalledsimphiwe.jpg?v=1617202269","url":"https:\/\/vikas-test.myshopify.com\/products\/a-renegade-called-simphiwe","provider":"Vikas Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}