The Drum journalist was a rare woman in a male-dominated world. Her autobiography has now been published after her death.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
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Abundantly talented and flawed, apartheid-era writer Can Themba wasn’t afraid to put his body on the line for a story.
Even though they were a product of apartheid’s propaganda broadcasting machine, Zulu language radio dramas proved subversively powerful by reflecting communal black life and creating new stars.
