One Day We Are Going Home

Radical Antiapartheid Internationalism and Exile

Holly McGee

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Catalyst Books
10 September 2025

Puncturing the heart of Apartheid South Africa - the story of an extraordinary woman, mother, and activist.

In 1959, a South African Native Commissioner under police escort travelled to Paarl, a small, multi-racial community outside Cape Town to present banning orders to Elizabeth Mafeking-a recognized African women's leader and trade union president. The directive instructed the married mother of eleven to leave all but one of her children-a nursing infant-behind in Paarl and submit to a banning order that would send her more than 600 miles away from her home of 22 years. In the ultimate act of defiance, Mafeking escaped her escort on the day her banning went into effect and fled the country for a life in exile, and One Day We Are Going Home is the story of one woman's struggle to redeem her cause, her family, and herself in a long-awaited triumph over Apartheid.

By: Holly McGee
Imprint: Catalyst Books
Country of Publication: United States
ISBN: 9781960803399
ISBN 10: 1960803395
Publication Date: 10 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Holly Y. McGee is a historian at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. McGee's research, teaching, and publishing in the fields of African American History, comparative black politics, and South African history provide critical insight into historical narratives regarding the social creation of ""race"" and subsequent proliferation of racism in modern society. She is the author of ""One Day We Are Going Home"": The Long Exile of Elizabeth Mafeking, and founder of the nonprofit National Black Teachers Association.