In Conversation – Sisonke Msimang and Robert Wood
On the evening of 31 July 2018, Robert Wood sat down with author, writer, and the Centre’s very own head of oral storytelling, Sisonke Msimang, to discuss the inner-workings of her memoir, Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home.
Sisonke Msimang discusses the inner-workings of her memoir, Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home.
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"So much of storytelling is about lowering a bucket into some deep, dark well inside yourself and sorting through what comes up."
"What I’ve learned to do is turn down the volume on that voice, so that it is soft enough to not undermine me, but loud enough to keep me critical of my own work."