Strikes have followed me all my life
- Strikes have followed me all my life
Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life is an autobiographical book by Emma Mashinini. It was first published in 1989 by The Women's Press, Ltd., in London, England.
The book is about Emma Mashinini, Secretary of the Commercial, Catering, and Allied Works Union of South Africa trade union. Emma was born to a slightly better circumstance than most, living in the backyard of a white suburb, instead of the homelands, or townships South African's were usually forced to live in. She started working in a textile factory and rose to become the founder of a new union. Shortly after this, she was arrested without charge under the South African Terrorism Act. She is mentally tortured and gives subpar conditions in which to live during her stay at multiple prisons. At one hearttouching moment in the book, she nearly panics because she cannot remember the name of one of her children. The book served as the first time that her children will ever know this. Upon leaving prison, she resumes union work, and must deal with a variety of psychological problems. This book was written against threats of death from the South African government, and chronicles the life of a women who endured psychological and physical torture for the cause of a free democratic government in South Africa.
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