The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela

Paul Weinberg

Few historical figures had a greater impact upon my politics than Winnie Mandela. While as a student loosely involved in the student divestment movement and the call for sanctions against South Africa by the U.S., Nelson Mandela might have been the person we demanded to be released but Winnie Mandela was in the public eye. I watched more than one documentary and listened to dozens of programs about her activism in South Africa…