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| A Matter Of Honour |
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R210.00
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The South African-born Chinese community is a tiny one, consisting of 10,000 to 12,000 members in a population of approximately 45 million. Throughout much of the history of this most race-conscious country, the community has been ignored or neglected, a
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| Africa Remix |
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R295.00
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Africa Remix features the work of more than 85 artists from 25 countries on the African continent and the Diaspora.
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| An Eloquent Picture Gallery |
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R295.00
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Retrieved from archives in Germany and reproduced here in their entirety for the first time, these photographs can now be reclaimed as part of our common cultural heritage. They are accompanied by several essays that describe Fritsch’s journey and scienti
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| Art & Revolution |
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R245.00
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The life of the artist Thami Mnyele, who played a vanguard role in efforts to throw open the doors of South African culture, spanned the era of apartheid.
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| Bafana Bafana |
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R150.00
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Bafana Bafana is not only a book about soccer; it is also a book about having dreams and chasing them. It is a book about making your own way in the world no matter what the cost, and it is a book about the people who help us realise our dreams.
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| Bead by Bead |
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R240.00
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By bringing a contemporary slant to a venerable African tradition Monkeybiz has taken craft art to new levels and won a huge following for its authentic approach.
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| Bitterkomix Annual 2008 |
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R220.00
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Internationally, the Bitterkomix duo of Anton Kannemeyer and Conrad Botes stand at the forefront of the new international expressionist comix movement.
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| Claim to the Country |
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R450.00
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In the 1870s, facing cultural extinction and the death of their language, several |xam men and women told their stories to two pioneering colonial scholars at the Cape, Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd.
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| Cool Hunting |
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R175.00
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'Cool Hunters' are a new breed of trend watchers who travel the virtual world in a constant search for cutting edge designs.
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| Counter Currents: Experiments in Sustainability in the Cape Town |
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R280.00
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The City of Cape Town is heading for disaster and is already in deep crisis if one cares to look close enough. The recent proliferation of public construction, public squares and public housing along the N2 towards the airport is little more than a mirage
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| Football Muti |
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R189.95
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Just in time for the 2010 World Cup, Robin Goode’s photographic documentation on football seeks to show the inherent purity of the beautiful game by capturing, at grassroots level, Africa’s relationship with this most popular of sports.
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| In Township Tonight! |
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R265.00
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This book explores that history, taking us from indigenous musical traditions into the world of slave orchestras, penny whistlers, clergyman-composers, the gumboot dances of the dockers and mineworkers, and the touring minstrelsy and vaudeville acts.
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| InFusion |
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R350.00
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Whether you enjoy oysters with cap classique, crayfish with chenin blanc, springbok with merlot or oven-baked pudding with muscadel, this is the book for you.
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| Italian Footprints in South Africa |
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R220.00
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Italian Footprints in South Africa chronicles extraordinary examples of what Italian people have achieved on South African soil.
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| Just Keep Breathing |
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R165.00
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Just keep breathing brings a stunningly diverse collection of South African birth stories to print. The collection is part of a new wave of South African non-fiction writing and marks a new phase in the maturing of our democracy.
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| Long Ago Way |
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R360.00
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Dutch filmaker, writer and photographer, Alphons Hustinx, travelled through Southern Africa in 1934. Some 72 years later, photographer-traveller, Obie Oberholzer is given opportunity to follow in Alphons Hustinx�s footsteps.
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| Manning the Nation |
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R195.00
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Gender studies in Zimbabwe have tended to focus on women and their comparative disadvantages and under-privilege. Assuming a broader perspective is necessary at a time when society has grown used to arguments rooted in binaries.
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| Marlene Dumas |
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R270.00
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The South African-born Marlene Dumas, who now lives in the Netherlands, is one of the best-known younger artists internationally.
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| Memory and Magic (Hardcover) |
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R350.00
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The collection of 82 artworks gives an overview on the works of eleven artists of the !Xun and Khwe community which has been collected by Hella Rabbethge-Schiller between 1994 and 2004.
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| Memory and Magic (Paperback) |
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R245.00
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The collection of 82 artworks gives an overview on the works of eleven artists of the !Xun and Khwe community which has been collected by Hella Rabbethge-Schiller between 1994 and 2004.
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| Mining The Future: The Bafokeng Story |
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R89.95
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Mining the Future is about a resilient people and their visionary leadership – a remarkable story of how Bafokeng people acquired and held onto their land and heritage through 150 years of political upheaval in South Africa.
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| Pappa in Afrika |
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R280.00
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Pappa in Afrika brings together recent drawings, paintings and comics that tackle colonialism and its ongoing legacy head-on, adopting Hergé’s Tintin as the archetypal figure of the white settler.
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| Pirates of Polokwane |
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R140.00
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Cartoon shown is from the New Zapiro Annual: Pirates of Polokwane.
The 13th annual collection of Zapiro cartoons from the Mail& Guardian, Sunday Times and Independent newspapers.
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| South African Art Now |
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R700.00
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South African Art Now covers the years 1968 to 2008 - from the period of the glory days of resistance art right up to the ever changing and compelling present, examining the art and artists against the background of a country struggling to achieve transfo
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| Soweto |
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R275.00
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Acclaimed home-grown photographer, Jodi Bieber has created an open-ended essay which is a celebration and a portrait of life in Soweto today.
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| Steps by Steps |
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R175.00
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The Steps for the Future documentary film project began in 2000, as a shared journey by talented African filmmakers and well-known professionals from around the world. The experience of the North combined with the knowledge of the South was an auspicious
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| Stoep Zen |
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R185.00
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Antony Osler – Buddhist monk, legal adviser, farmer and father – contemplates life as it passes by the stoep of his Karoo farm, sharing anecdotes and conversations, poetic images and indelible characters, watching the seasons, the people and his country
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| Sugar Girls & Seamen |
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R185.00
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Sugar Girls and Seamen explores the hidden world of dockside prostitution in Cape Town and Durban, focusing on the local women (and men) who offer sexual recreation to foreign sailors for the sake of making a living.
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| Thami Mnyele & Medu Art Ensemble Retrospective |
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R350.00
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Jacana is proud to present Thami Mnyele & Medu Art Ensemble Retrospective, a book which brings together the myriad artworks exhibited and the stories of the original members of Medu who created them in a generously illustrated work.
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| The Big Bad Bitterkomix Handbook |
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R395.00
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Now available in hardcover!
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