The South Africa Reader

Author : Clifton Crais,Thomas V. McClendon
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822377450

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The South Africa Reader by Clifton Crais,Thomas V. McClendon Pdf

The South Africa Reader is an extraordinarily rich guide to the history, culture, and politics of South Africa. With more than eighty absorbing selections, the Reader provides many perspectives on the country's diverse peoples, its first two decades as a democracy, and the forces that have shaped its history and continue to pose challenges to its future, particularly violence, inequality, and racial discrimination. Among the selections are folktales passed down through the centuries, statements by seventeenth-century Dutch colonists, the songs of mine workers, a widow's testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and a photo essay featuring the acclaimed work of Santu Mofokeng. Cartoons, songs, and fiction are juxtaposed with iconic documents, such as "The Freedom Charter" adopted in 1955 by the African National Congress and its allies and Nelson Mandela's "Statement from the Dock" in 1964. Cacophonous voices—those of slaves and indentured workers, African chiefs and kings, presidents and revolutionaries—invite readers into ongoing debates about South Africa's past and present and what exactly it means to be South African.

Author : Clifton Crais,Thomas V. McClendon
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0822355140

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The South Africa Reader by Clifton Crais,Thomas V. McClendon Pdf

The South Africa Reader is an extraordinarily rich guide to the history, culture, and politics of South Africa. With more than eighty absorbing selections, the Reader provides many perspectives on the country's diverse peoples, its first two decades as a democracy, and the forces that have shaped its history and continue to pose challenges to its future, particularly violence, inequality, and racial discrimination. Among the selections are folktales passed down through the centuries, statements by seventeenth-century Dutch colonists, the songs of mine workers, a widow's testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and a photo essay featuring the acclaimed work of Santu Mofokeng. Cartoons, songs, and fiction are juxtaposed with iconic documents, such as "The Freedom Charter" adopted in 1955 by the African National Congress and its allies and Nelson Mandela's "Statement from the Dock" in 1964. Cacophonous voices—those of slaves and indentured workers, African chiefs and kings, presidents and revolutionaries—invite readers into ongoing debates about South Africa's past and present and what exactly it means to be South African.

Author : Trevor Noah
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780525582168

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It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Pdf

The host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, shares his personal story and the injustices he faced while growing up half black, half white in South Africa under and after apartheid in this New York Times bestselling young readers' adaptation of his adult memoir. “A piercing reminder that every mad life--even yours--could end up a masterpiece." --JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling author We do horrible things to one another because we don’t see the person it affects. . . . We don’t see them as people. Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child to exist. But he did exist--and from the beginning, the often-misbehaved Trevor used his keen smarts and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government. In a country where racism barred blacks from social, educational, and economic opportunity, Trevor surmounted staggering obstacles and created a promising future for himself thanks to his mom’s unwavering love and indomitable will. This honest and poignant memoir adapted from the #1 New York Times bestseller Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood will astound and inspire readers as well as offer a fascinating perspective on South Africa’s tumultuous racial history. BORN A CRIME IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING OSCAR WINNER LUPITA NYONG'O!

Author : Archie L. Dick
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442695085

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The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures by Archie L. Dick Pdf

The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures shows how the common practice of reading can illuminate the social and political history of a culture. This ground-breaking study reveals resistance strategies in the reading and writing practices of South Africans; strategies that have been hidden until now for political reasons relating to the country's liberation struggles. By looking to records from a slave lodge, women's associations, army education units, universities, courts, libraries, prison departments, and political groups, Archie Dick exposes the key works of fiction and non-fiction, magazines, and newspapers that were read and discussed by political activists and prisoners. Uncovering the book and library schemes that elites used to regulate reading, Dick exposes incidences of intellectual fraud, book theft, censorship, and book burning. Through this innovative methodology, Dick aptly shows how South African readers used reading and books to resist unjust regimes and build community across South Africa's class and racial barriers.

Author : Dougie Oakes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001642300

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Reader's Digest Illustrated History of South Africa by Dougie Oakes Pdf

A record of all races and history of South Africa, featuring notable personalities and pivotal events.

Author : David Ross Black,John Nauright
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0719049326

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Rugby and the South African Nation by David Ross Black,John Nauright Pdf

Conventional historical and political analyses of South Africa have frequently neglected the vital role of sport in general, and rugby in particular. This book fills the gap through a critical interpretation of rugby's role in the development of white society, its role in shaping significant social divisions, and its centrality to the apartheid era "power elite".

Author : J. M. Coetzee,Andre Brink
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1987-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000011854571

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A Land Apart by J. M. Coetzee,Andre Brink Pdf

"A Land Apart is an excellent collection of short stories and poetry by different South African writers. It is divided into three different sections each devoted to the main groups of South Africa. This book gives a clear glimpse of life in South Africa during apartheid through the eyes of three different groups. It is a clear depiction of the times and struggles of all South Africans during their struggle. This book is excellent for anyone wanting an inside view of South Africa during apartheid."--Amazon.com viewed June 17, 2020.

Author : Gary E. McCuen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011303131

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The Apartheid Reader by Gary E. McCuen Pdf

Presents conflicting viewpoints regarding apartheid.

Author : P.H. Coetzee,A.P.J. Roux
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1027 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135884185

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The African Philosophy Reader by P.H. Coetzee,A.P.J. Roux Pdf

Divided into eight sections, each with introductory essays, the selections offer rich and detailed insights into a diverse multinational philosophical landscape. Revealed in this pathbreaking work is the way in which traditional philosophical issues related to ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology, for instance, take on specific forms in Africa's postcolonial struggles. Much of its moral, political, and social philosophy is concerned with the turbulent processes of embracing modern identities while protecting ancient cultures.

Author : Wilfred Cartey,Martin Kilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015003977942

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The Africa Reader: Independent Africa by Wilfred Cartey,Martin Kilson Pdf

African reaction and adaptation to colonial rule, the emergence of the masses to political and social importance, and the formation of national institutions are the broad topics appraised by modern African, U.S., and European governmental leaders, anthropologists, historians, colonial servants, and others.

Author : Achmat Dangor
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015043009136

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Kafka's Curse by Achmat Dangor Pdf

His unforgiving brother, a post-apartheid politician, tries to come to terms with Oscar's apostasy but will himself betray both his principles and his family when he falls in love with Amina, a beautiful and spirited psychotherapist.

Author : James Reid Whitton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : South Africa
ISBN : MINN:31951002321609H

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Longmans' Geographical Reader for South Africa by James Reid Whitton Pdf

Author : Gail Nattrass
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785903687

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A Short History of South Africa by Gail Nattrass Pdf

South Africa is popularly perceived as the most influential nation in Africa – a gateway to an entire continent for finance, trade and politics, and a crucial mediator in its neighbours' affairs. On the other hand, post-Apartheid dreams of progress and reform have, in part, collapsed into a morass of corruption, unemployment and criminal violence. A Short History of South Africa is a brief, general account of the history of this most complicated and fascinating country – from the first evidence of hominid existence to the wars of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries that led to the establishment of modern South Africa, the horrors of Apartheid and the optimism following its collapse, as well as the prospects and challenges for the future. This readable and thorough account, illustrated with maps and photographs, is the culmination of a lifetime of researching and teaching the broad spectrum of South African history. Nattrass's passion for her subject shines through, whether she is elucidating the reader on early humans in the cradle of humankind, or describing the tumultuous twentieth-century processes that shaped the democracy that is South Africa today.

Author : John Reader
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141926933

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Africa by John Reader Pdf

Drawing on many years of African experience, John Reader has written a book of startling grandeur and scope that recreates the great panorama of African history, from the primeval cataclysms that formed the continent to the political upheavals facing much of the continent today. Reader tells the extraordinary story of humankind's adaptation to the ferocious obstacles of forest, river and desert, and to the threat of debilitating parasites, bacteria and viruses unmatched elsewhere in the world. He also shows how the world's richest assortment of animals and plants has helped - or hindered - human progress in Africa.

Author : Trevor Noah
Publisher : One World
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780399588181

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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than one million copies sold! A “brilliant” (Lupita Nyong’o, Time), “poignant” (Entertainment Weekly), “soul-nourishing” (USA Today) memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid “Noah’s childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa’s history that must never be forgotten.”—Esquire Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and an NAACP Image Award • Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Time, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Esquire, Newsday, and Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle. Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother’s unconventional, unconditional love.