Sisonke Msimang

Sisonke Msimang is a South African-Australian writer, activist, and political analyst based in Perth, Western Australia, whose focus is on race, gender, and politics. She is known for her memoir Always Another Country: A memoir of exile and home (2017) and The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela (2018), a biography of anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. She was born in exile in Zambia, as her father, Mavuso Msimang, was a member of uMkhonto weSizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress during its struggle against apartheid in South Africa.