Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Commune hosted the launch of Children of Sugarcane by Joanne Joseph.
Vividly set against the backdrop of 19th century India and the British-owned sugar plantations of Natal, written with great tenderness and lyricism, Children of Sugarcane paints an intimate and heart-wrenching picture of indenture told from a woman’s perspective.
Author: Joanne Joseph is an established South African media personality and bestselling author. Over the last 20 years she has hosted a range of popular and hard-hitting radio and television shows.
Discussant: Dr Vashna Jagarnath is a Director of both Pan Africa Today and Friends of the Workers. She is also Deputy General Secretary of the Socialist Revolutionary Workers’ Party
The Commune hosted the launch of Children of Sugarcane by Joanne Joseph.
Vividly set against the backdrop of 19th century India and the British-owned sugar plantations of Natal, written with great tenderness and lyricism, Children of Sugarcane paints an intimate and heart-wrenching picture of indenture told from a woman’s perspective.
Author: Joanne Joseph is an established South African media personality and bestselling author. Over the last 20 years she has hosted a range of popular and hard-hitting radio and television shows.
Discussant: Dr Vashna Jagarnath is a Director of both Pan Africa Today and Friends of the Workers. She is also Deputy General Secretary of the Socialist Revolutionary Workers’ Party
