In the Dark With My Dress on Fire: My Life in Cape
During the struggle to end apartheid,Blanche La Guma led a complex and demanding life as a nurse-midwife by day and underground activist?within a clandestine Communist cell?by night. Harassed,banned,and at one time imprisoned,Blanche worked tirelessly to support her family in Cape Town while providing safe houses for anti-apartheid leaders,such as Walter Sisulu and Govan Mbeki. Forced into exile in ,Blanche continued the fight for justice in London an