More recently, she has been very involved in raising awareness for HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Seamus Heaney called her one of the "guerillas of imagination," which seems odd because most of her novels deal with true to life troubles. The oppressive government banned many of her novels, including 1981's July's People, because they dealt with relationships between whites and blacks. More recently, she has been very involved in raising awareness for HIV/AIDS in Africa. She worked with Woody Allen and Chinua Achebe on a 2004 short story book Telling Tales, which was an attempt to get government funding for HIV/AIDS research. FTP, name this 1991 Nobel Laureate, the first South African to win the prize.          |
Seamus Heaney called her one of the "guerillas of imagination," which seems odd because most of her novels deal with true to life troubles.
Nadine {Gordimer}