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| A Basket of Leaves |
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R195.00
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Geoff Wisner has traversed the vast African continent and produced a book that is the quintessential first reader's guide to the books that capture the spirit of the continent.
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| A Life's Mosaic |
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R180.00
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In the preface to her autobiography Phyllis Ntantala tells us that “Like Trotsky, I did not leave home without the proverbial one-and-six in my pocket. I came from a family of landed gentry in the Transkei”.
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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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| A People on the Boil |
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R150.00
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A People on the Boil is a classic of South Africa resistance literature, and a key text of reportage.
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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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| ANC: A View From Moscow |
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R195.00
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This book describes the history of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa in the three decades following its banning. There are many myths surrounding the ANC: some of them are harmless, the product of enthusiastic supporters; others are mali
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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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| At the Heart of Healing in Cape Town |
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R250.00
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This book takes a new look at the history of the hospital, examining the experiences of staff and patients, clinical practice and research, and the social and political environment in which the hospital has operated. Authoritative in its analysis and live
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| Child Soldier |
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R165.00
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This is the heartrending account of the author's terrifying journey out of her family home and into the world of bloody warfare. Set in Uganda in the 1970s.
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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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| Constructive Engagement |
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R250.00
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The analysis of Crocker’s policy in southern Africa has an important relevance to the foreign policy dilemmas of today.
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| Diamonds and Dispossession |
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R180.00
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Is Botswana still 'an African miracle'? Thanks to diamonds the country's growth rate was the highest in the world into the 1990s, and regular parliamentary elections judged free on polling day have been held since 1965. However a duopoly of presidentialis
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| Drive Out Hunger |
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R150.00
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JJ Machobane is a farmer, novelist, social visionary, and a self-taught scientist. He spent 13 years researching an agricultural system that would allow the poorest people to harvest food all year round.
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| Freedom Day April 27 |
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R190.00
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This book will explain the importance of voting, the 300-year struggle for the vote in South Africa, and the role voting plays in keeping a democracy alive.
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| Great Lives, Pivotal Moments |
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R275.00
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As part of its centenary in 2006, the Sunday Times newspaper created a trail of street memorials across South Africa to celebrate newsmakers and important events of the last 100 years.
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| Gukurahundi in Zimbabwe |
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R230.00
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It is ten years since the original publication of Breaking the Silence: A Report on the Disturbances in Matabeleland and the Midlands. Now the Report is offered again at a time when the events it describes, the Gukurahundi, have acquired a fresh relevance
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| Human Rights Day March 21 |
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R190.00
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The second book in the series, Exploring our National Days, aimed at improving and widening the knowledge of our youth.
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| Hunger for Freedom Hardcover |
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R385.00
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Food has provided the backdrop and occasionally the primary cause for momentous personal and political events in the life of Nelson Mandela
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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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| Johannesburg Portraits |
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R185.00
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How many people can truly say that they know the history of the city in which they live? It is true to say that for most of us who live in Johannesburg, the rich political and social history, and the many fascinations of the city, remain hidden.
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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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| Mounting Queen Victoria |
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R210.00
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Mounting Queen Victoria is an indispensable guide to the politics of culture and identity in the South African public sphere.
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| Operation Vula |
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R185.00
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Operation Vula by the renowned Dutch novelist and former head of the Dutch Anti-Apartheid Movement, Conny Braam, is an important addition to the literature on the South African stuggle for justice and liberation.
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| Pride |
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R170.00
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Pride: Protest and Celebration is a history of South Africa's gay pride marches and parades over the last 16 years. It brings together a host of valuable and rare material.
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| Saving Zululand Wilderness |
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R395.00
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Within a generation, the wilderness of Zululand, with its spectacular array of mammals, birds and plants, came near to extinction. This is the saga of that decline and of the heroic and successful attempt, through establishing game reserves and enforcing
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| The Assassination of Lumumba |
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R210.00
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Patrice Lumumba, first Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo and a pioneer of African unity, was murdered on 17 January 1961. This book unravels the appalling mass of lies, hypocrisy and betrayals that have surrounded accounts of the assassination.
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| The Extraordinary Khotso |
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R245.00
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Khotso Sethuntsa, the near-legendary millionaire medicine man, or inyanga, was believed to be a worker of powerful and dangerous magic. Khotso was renowned and feared throughout South Africa and beyond.
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| The Notorious Syndicalist |
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R210.00
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Just for a moment, one week in 1919, JT Bain was the 'dictator of Johannesburg'.
Would he plunge the city into a Russian-style revolution? How had his past prepared him for this moment?
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| The Sunburnt Queen |
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R245.00
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In the late 1730s a seven-year-old English girl is washed up on the Wild Coast ...
This is the true account of "the castaways" ... and Bessie, of how she was adopted by her rescuers, the amaMpondo.
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| They're Burning the Churches |
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R165.00
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They're Burning the Churches is meticulously written, moving account of the groundbreaking events that dramatically accelerated the downfall of apartheid. Noonans' clear and unbiased historical record clarifies many misconceptions.
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