Ngcobo, Lauretta
NGCOBO, Lauretta
NGCOBO, Lauretta. British (born Republic of South Africa), b. 1931. Genres: Novels. Career: Novelist and editor. Previously member of Pan- African Congress; Worked as a teacher in London. Publications: NOVELS: Cross of Gold, 1981; And They Didn't Die, 1990; Fiki Learns to Like Other People, 1993. EDITOR: Let It Be Told: Essays by Black Women in Britain, 1987. Address: c/o Macmillan Publishers Ltd., Brunel Rd., Houndmills, Bassingstoke Hampshire, N. Yorkshire RG21 6XS, England.
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