The Calling of Katie Makanya: A Memoir of South Africa

This memoir is the story of a black woman, Katie Makanya. Born in 1873, Makanya refused a chance of wealth and fame as a performer to marry and raise a family in her native South Africa. There she lived through the days of apartheid until 1955, triumphing over all hardships and finding her calling as interpreter and assistant to a white doctor named James McCord.

Author: Margaret McCord
Publisher: Trade Paper Press
Published: 02/23/1998
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780471246916
ISBN10: 0471246913
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | Africa | South | Republic of South Africa
- Biography & Autobiography | Women

About the Author
MARGARET McCORD grew up in South Africa. KATIE MAKANYA asked her to record this true story.