Josie Mpama/Palmer

By: Robert R. Edgar

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Paperback | 21 January 2021

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While African National Congress narratives dominate much of the scholarship on South Africa's freedom struggle, Josie Mpama/Palmer's political life offers a different perspective. Highly critical of the patriarchal attitudes that hindered black women from actively participating in politics, Mpama/Palmer was an outspoken advocate for women's social equality. and encouraged black women to become more involved in national conversations. Mpama/Palmer was the first black woman to join the Communist Party of South Africa, and spent a year in Moscow at the Lenin School. She was an integral figure in establishing the Federation of South African Women, an organization, and served as its Potchefstroom Branch Secretary. Mpama/Palmer's activism and political legacy is an inspiring example for women in South Africa and around the world.

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"For hooligans to shoot a Native is but to break a black bottle, and then congratulate themselves on being such good marksmen." - Josie Mpama/Palmer, 1929; "Robert R. Edgar presents the remarkable life story of little-known South African activist Josie Mpama/Palmer in this fascinating biography." Peter Alegi, author of African Soccerscapes

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