STRIKES HAVE FOLLOWED ME ALL MY LIFE, a south african autobiography

xvii + 142pp., paperback, illus., ownership inscription on f.f.e.p., signed by author on f.f.e.p., The Women’s Press, London, 1989

Foreword by Nomalizo Leah Tutu

From the back of the book:

Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life tells the story of Emma Mashinini’s childhood in Sophiatown, her years working in the textile trade — where she found herself, almost unexpectedly, embraced as a workers’ leader — and her growth as a prominent trade union official. This inspiring memoir is both a tribute to the vital role of women in South Africa’s trade union movement and a powerful testimony to one woman’s fight for justice under apartheid.

Signed by Emma Mashinini.