Rosina Sedibane Modiba

The heroic story of one of South Africa’s most talented track-and-field athlete, Rosina Sedibane Modiba. Modiba is a woman from the township who dared to dream, despite the odds. And with the persecution of another female African athelete; Caster Semenya; this book is even more relevant.Modiba is a pioneer because as a black African woman athlete, she competed in multi-racial championships in 1976; at the height of apartheid and when it was illegal to compete against whites. Also this was during one of the most historic and volatile periods in South African history. She made history when she became the first black South African woman athlete to win a gold medal in 1500m during the multi-racial provincial championships at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria in March 1977.