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Miriam's Song by Miriam Mathabane Publisher Comments Mark Mathabane first came to prominence with the publication of Kaffir Boy, which became a New York Times bestseller. His story of growing up in South Africa was one of the most riveting accounts of life under apartheid. Mathabane's newest book, Miriam's... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela Publisher Comments These are riveting memoirs of one of the great moral and political figures of our time, an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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We Are All the Same: A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love by Jim Wooten Publisher Comments "Wooten has pulled off something close to miraculous... and touched the face of HIV/AIDS with compassion and humanity. —Alexandra Fuller, Chicago Tribune "This is a book not to be missed." —People "Amazing and tender... in this special... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Biko - Cry Freedom by Donald Woods Publisher Comments Subjected to 22 hours of interrogation, torture and beating by South African police on September 6, 1977, Steve Biko died six days later. Donald Woods, Biko's close friend and a leading white South African newspaper editor, exposed the murder helping to... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Mandela: A Critical Life by Tom Lodge Publisher Comments Striking in appearance--six foot four and physically imposing--with an aristocratic bearing and incredible charm and self-assurance, Nelson Mandela is the greatest African leader in modern history, an iconic figure the world over. Now, in this new and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Douglas Foster Publisher Comments A brutally honest exposé, After Mandela provides a sobering portrait of a country caught between a democratic future and a political meltdown. Recent works have focused primarily on Nelson Mandela’s transcendent story. But Douglas Foster, a... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Mandela: The Authorized Portrait by Kate Parkin Publisher Comments 'What makes Mandela so special is that he's a real human being. . . . He's got a real life. And the fact that he is so flesh-and-blood real makes his greatness and his sacrifice and his wisdom and his courage in the face of all that has happened to him... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $26.25 Used - Hardcover
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Return to Paradise (Harvest Book) by Breyten Breytenbach Publisher Comments Breyten Breytenbach is one of South Africa's foremost but for years he has had a complex and painful relationship with his home country. In 1973, after thirteen years in exile, he was permitted a three-month visit there. A Season in Paradise, the first... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The New South Africa by Guy Arnold Publisher Comments The orderly transfer of power from the white minority to the black majority in South Africa was something of a political miracle. The tasks facing the new government of Thabo Mbeki are formidable. If Mbeki can succeed in giving his country and the... (read more) List Price $166.50 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight: And Other Stories of Africa by Rian Malan Synopsis Since its original publication twenty years ago Rian Malans classic work of narrative nonfiction My Traitors Heart has earned its author comparisons to masters of literary nonfiction like Michael Herr and Ryszard Kapuscinski. The Lion Sleeps Tonight is... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy (Historical Association Studies) by Nigel Worden Publisher Comments A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the key themes and debates central to an understanding of the region. Examines the major issues in South Africa's history, including colonial conquest; the establishment of racism, segregation, and apartheid;... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu Review "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 future." --Nelson Mandela From the Hardcover edition.... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Letter to Daniel :despatches from the heart by Fergal Keane Synopsis This is a collection of Fergal Keane's works, which includes the "Letter to Daniel" and a similar despatch he wrote to his now deceased father. The book also features articles written for "The Spectator", "The Guardian" and "BBC Worldwide" magazine.... (read more) Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu Publisher Comments 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 the atrocities committed in the past and achieving... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Words of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela Publisher Comments "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa by Martin Meredith Publisher Comments Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the worlds richest deposits of diamonds... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Walter & Albertina Sisulu in Our Lifetime by Elinor Sisulu Synopsis As Secretary-General of the ANC, Walter Sisulu was sentenced with Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment. While he was in jail, his wife continued to play a crucial role in keeping the ANC alive underground. This biography charts their life together and the... (read more) Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Steve Biko (Ohio Short Histories of Africa) by Lindy Wilson Publisher Comments A brief yet lively introduction to antiapartheid activist Steve Biko, this biography argues that Biko was the most important political figure to have emerged in South Africa between Nelson Mandela's arrest in the early 1960s and his release in 1990... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Words of Desmond Tutu (Newmarket Words Of...) by Desmond Tutu Publisher Comments With the winning of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, Desmond Tutu joined MahatmaGandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mother Teresa as on of the great inspirationalleaders of our age. Chosen and introduced by his daughter Naomi, the over 100 selectionsfrom... (read more) List Price $11.75 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Calling of Katie Makanya: A Memoir of South Africa by Margaret Mccord Publisher Comments The Calling of Katie Makanya A Memoir of South Africa Her mothers entry in the family Bible recorded "a second daughter, Katie, born on July 28, 1873 at Fort Beaufort in the Cape of Good Hope." Because it was milking time, Katies... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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