The Life of Madie Hall Xuma: Black Women's Global Activism During Jim Crow and Apartheid

by Wanda A. Hendricks

Book Overview

Revered in South Africa as "An African American Mother of the Nation," Madie Beatrice Hall Xuma spent her extraordinary life immersed in global women's activism. Wanda A. Hendricks's biography follows Hall Xuma from her upbringing in the Jim Crow South to her leadership role in the African National Congress (ANC) and beyond. Hall Xuma was already known for her social welfare work when she married South African physician and ANC activist Alfred Bitini...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252086643
• ISBN13: 9780252086649
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"