Gillian Slovo
James Naughtie and readers talk to Gillian Slovo about her novel Red Dust, a courtroom drama set in post-apartheid South Africa.
James Naughtie and readers talk to Gillian Slovo about her novel Red Dust, a courtroom drama set in post-apartheid South Africa.
Gillian is the daughter of Joe Slovo, one of the founding members of the African National Congress, and Ruth First, an anti-apartheid campaigner murdered by security forces in the early 1980s. The novel draws heavily on Gillian's own experience of coming face to face with her mother's killer during the Truth and Reconciliation hearings of the new South Africa.
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- Sun 4 Oct 2009 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 8 Oct 2009 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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