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Running to Maputo

Manufacturer: HarperCollins Author: Albie Sachs ISBN: 0060164689

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Anatomy of a Miracle (Spanish Edition)

An account of the birth of apartheid and its demise in South Africa, ending with the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President. The author illuminates the forces of history, economics, demographics...

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Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life

Coetzee grew up in a new development north of Cape Town, tormented by guilt and fear. With a father he despised, and a mother he both adored and resented, he led a double life--the brilliant and...

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From Jo'Burg to Jozi

The authors approached about eighty journalists and writers based in Johannesburg and asked them to write short pieces about the city in which they work and live. They did not specify form or...

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Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament- the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa togetherAfter being released from prison and...

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Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

Soon to be a major motion picture from Academy Award(r)--winning director Clint Eastwood, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman. After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first...

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An Introduction to the History of Central Africa: Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Author: A. J. Wills ISBN: 0198730764 Number Of Pages: 520

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In Township Tonight!: South Africa's Black City Music and Theatre, Second Edition (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)

David B. Coplan’s pioneering social history of black South Africa’s urban music, dance, and theatre established itself as a classic soon after its publication in 1985. As the first substantial...

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In the Time of Cannibals: The Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)

The workers who migrate from Lesotho to the mines and cities of neighboring South Africa have developed a rich genre of sung oral poetry--word music--that focuses on the experiences of migrant life. ...

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More Than Just a Game: Soccer vs. Apartheid: The Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told

Customer Review: Timed perfectly for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the true story of how political prisoners under apartheid found hope and dignity through soccer In the hell that was Robben...

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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

The best-selling memoirs, begun during the South African president's years in prison, traces the Nobel Prize-winner's historic life from his traditional tribal childhood to his triumphant rise to...

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The End of Chidyerano: A History of Food and Everyday Life in Malawi, 1860-2004 (Social History of Africa)

In this groundbreaking work, Mandala argues that there is more to food studies than the analysis of famine— that hunger exists only as an integral part of abundance. Basing his case on the...

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No Future Without Forgiveness

"The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa has put the spotlight on all of us...In its hearings Desmond Tutu has conveyed our common pain and sorrow, our hope and confidence in the...

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No Future Without Forgiveness

The establishment of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a pioneering international event. Never had any country sought to move forward from despotism to democracy both by exposing...

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Portrait with Keys: The City of Johannesburg Unlocked

“Surely one of the most ingenious love letters—full of violence, fear, humour, and cunning—ever addressed to a city.” —Geoff Dyer This dazzling portrait of Johannesburg is one of the...

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