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Ruth First: a revolutionary life in revolutionary times

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Writing about the life of Olive Schreiner, Ruth First hoped that biography could capture the dilemmas of a white South African woman and writer at the turn of the twentieth century, caught in a world that made her, but in which she could not bear to live as it was. Ruth First too struggled her entire life against the injustices of race and class in southern Africa, but she did so with a confidence, joy and energy that Schreiner never achieved. Written on the basis of conversations with Ruth First in Mozambique in the last period of her life, this paper explores the possibilities and dilemmas posed by her commitment to a disciplined collective revolutionary project embedded in strong nationalist movements.

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  • Bridget O'Laughlin, 2014. "Ruth First: a revolutionary life in revolutionary times," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(139), pages 44-59, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:41:y:2014:i:139:p:44-59
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2014.878076
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