Mother To Mother Book Report

A wise man once said “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”, but this isn’t just any philosopher. These words flow from the mouth of a man who not only was willing to fight for his country but to die for what his people deserved, and later to become the most powerful and influential person in the world. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, but this isn’t a nelson Mandela biography. The book mother to mother explores the South African legacy of apartheid through the lens of a woman who remembers a life marked by oppression and injustice in other …show more content…
Police attack and kill hundreds of Africans because of their skin color, they like to irritate and abuse citizens that live in the township and out of frustrations people fight back and kill others just to justify their actions. The police also leave a deep scar on the community and their actions will not be forgotten, and after years Mxolisil was still affected due to seeing his two best friend killed in front of his eyes, you can tell that it had a bad effect on him because he later goes on to kill someone out of hatred. This book should be taught because it also gives a unusual perspective of a situations. Poverty in the townships , you can say contributed to crime a lot, with crimes such as rape and arm assault very common and guns very accessible. Schools and teachers were very limited and a lot of kids roam around the neighborhood and their parents at work or drunk, nobody knew where their kids were. This book is history in a piece of writing, instead of boring old textbook this book teaches us every aspect of the government system that we wouldn’t get from a textbook and that’s where I believe this book should stay and be taught for generations to