AFIAfrican Feminist Initiative

The History of Intimacy is a tender, tangled account of the heady days in South Africa following Nelson Mandela’s release from prison. This award-winning poetry collection portrays the innovative forms of music, kinship, and even self in the ‘new intricate country we understood was possible.’ Gazing at black-and-white photos from back home, a woman who has moved to the United States realizes, ‘Memory doesn’t come to me straight.’