Sindiwe Magona

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Sindiwe Magona (born 1943) is a South African writer. A native of the Transkei, she grew up in a township near Cape Town, where she worked as a domestic and completed her secondary education by correspondence. Magona later graduated from the University of South Africa and earned a graduate degree from Columbia University. Her first novel was Mother to Mother, and she has also written autobiographies and short story collections. She retired from the United Nations in 2003 and currently lives in South Africa.