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On the Sidelines Clapping: Gender in Southern Africa
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Charlene Smith
39 books15 followersCharlene Smith, a South African-born United States citizen worked as a political journalist in South Africa, Japan, Argentina, and the USA. A powerful writer with an empathetic heart, Smith is respected globally for her writing and her voluntary work around HIV and AIDS, gender violence and sex trafficking.
She has been a guest of the Swedish government twice, and the Australian government once. She has been profiled twice by Time magazine, once each by CBS 60 Minutes, ABC 20/20, BBC often, Le Monde, etc.
In the mid-1980s she resigned her work as a journalist to become active against apartheid. As such she has unique access to South Africa’s liberation leaders and a close and respectful friendship with such icons as Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Her international bestselling book, Mandela: In Celebration of a Great Life has also been translated into Mandarin.
Her first book, Robben Island went into its 14th reprint in 2017.
A recognized international expert on HIV and AIDS as well as gender violence she speaks at conferences around the world and influenced the Centers for Disease Control decision to write a protocol for post-exposure prophylaxis after sexual assault. She has worked extensively, as a volunteer, with those incarcerated on death row or among lifers.
She teaches writing in Massachusetts and online. She is often asked to teach writing at schools, colleges and financial or research institutions in the U.K., South Africa, and U.S.A.
She has been a guest of the Swedish government twice, and the Australian government once. She has been profiled twice by Time magazine, once each by CBS 60 Minutes, ABC 20/20, BBC often, Le Monde, etc.
In the mid-1980s she resigned her work as a journalist to become active against apartheid. As such she has unique access to South Africa’s liberation leaders and a close and respectful friendship with such icons as Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Her international bestselling book, Mandela: In Celebration of a Great Life has also been translated into Mandarin.
Her first book, Robben Island went into its 14th reprint in 2017.
A recognized international expert on HIV and AIDS as well as gender violence she speaks at conferences around the world and influenced the Centers for Disease Control decision to write a protocol for post-exposure prophylaxis after sexual assault. She has worked extensively, as a volunteer, with those incarcerated on death row or among lifers.
She teaches writing in Massachusetts and online. She is often asked to teach writing at schools, colleges and financial or research institutions in the U.K., South Africa, and U.S.A.
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