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Across Boundaries: The Journey of a South African Woman Leader
by Mamphela Ramphele  Publisher Comments Across Boundariesis an autobiography that captures both a unique heart and a nation's history. Because Mamphela Ramphele began her life as a shy child born into the cage of apartheid - and gradually became an activist who helped set South Africa free...
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Mandela
by Charlene Smith Publisher Comments The definitive illustrated tribute to South Africa's first democratically elected president....
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After the Thrill Is Gone: A Decade of Post-Apartheid South Africa
by Grant Farred Publisher Comments After the Thrill Is Gone is a serious appraisal of what South African democracy has yielded and has failed to yield in the era following the heady expectations of liberation from apartheid's multiple repressions. Since that time, South Africa has...
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Power Lines: Two Years in South Africa's Borders
by Jason Carter 
Powells.com Staff Pick After college, Jason Carter, grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, went to South Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer to help rural teachers implement a post-apartheid curriculum. Accepted and rejected at times by both cultures, he straddled the line...
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(D)Urban Vortex
by Book News Annotation Sixteen South African and American scholars and researchers from the fields of history, economic history, economics, sociology, and geography examine the evolution of Durban since the 1970s to the present day. They explore the ways in which Durban is...
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Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa
by Patraigh Omalley Publisher Comments The inside story of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement is told through the experiences of one of its unsung heroes: freedom fighter Mac Maharaj....
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Part of My Soul Went with Him
by Winnie Mandela Publisher Comments Winnie Mandela, one of South Africa's most visible and articulate apartheid foes, spent many years as a "banned" person in her own country. She lived under virtual house arrest and was forbidden to address public gatherings or meet with more than one...
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Mandela: The Authorized Biography
by Anthony Sampson Publisher Comments Nelson Mandela, who emerged from twenty-six years of political imprisonment to lead South Africa out of apartheid and into democracy, is perhaps the world's most admired leader, a man whose life has been led with exemplary courage and inspired conviction....
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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 first upon the world's richest deposits of...
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Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa (Exeter Arabic and Islamic Series)
by William Beinart Publisher Comments Offering a selection of significant essays contributed by prominent writers of various perspectives, "Segregation and Apartheid in 20th Century South Africa" is and unparalleled introduction to this highly contentious and absorbing subject of...
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Season in Paradise (Harvest Book)
by Breyten Breytenbach Publisher Comments Breytenbach's first visit to South Africa, after thirteen years in exile, is more than just a dazzling travelogue. He is searching for a "paradise" that coincides with the geography, mysticism, and mythologies of Africa, but in reality his homeland is an...
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Power Lines: Two Years on South Africa's Borders
by Jason Carter Publisher Comments A land of tension and segregation, relatively unchanged since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison nearly a decade ago, South Africa is a country fraught with deep racial divides. While white citizens enjoy lifestyles similar to Westerners, black...
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The political economy of South Africa :from minerals-energy complex to industrialisation
by Ben Fine Publisher Comments The acclaim with which democratization in South Africa has been greeted has been tempered by the recognition that there are at the same time continuing and even deepening economic inequalities. This is more disturbing given the extreme economic disparity...
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Khabzela: The Life and Times of a South African
by Liz Mcgregor Publisher Comments The central question raised by this timely and compelling biography is why Fana Khaba, aka Khabzela, a popular South African DJ and youth icon who succumbed to AIDS, did not take anti-retroviral medication to save his own life. The answer reveals a lot...
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Rainbow People of God: The Making of a Peaceful Revolution
by Desmond Tutu Publisher Comments "The Rainbow People Of God traces South Africa's glorious victory over apartheid in the writings and speeches of one its central figures, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. From the graveside of Steven Biko to the triumphant inauguration of Nelson Mandela as...
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Bibliographies and Indexes in American Literature, #13: The Emergence of Modern South Africa: State, Capital, and the Incorporation of Organized Labor on the South African Gold Fields, 1902-1939
by David Yudelman Publisher Comments The Emergence of Modern South Africa views economic conflict, specifically the interaction of the state, big business, and labor, as the central issue in the development of South Africa. Yudelman focuses on the labor-management conflict in the country's...
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The Words of Desmond Tutu, Second Edition
by Naomi Tutu Publisher Comments To coincide with the first authorized biography of Nobel Peace Prize-winner and anti-Apartheid activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a new updated hardcover edition of this acclaimed collection featuring over 100 inspiring and thought-provoking selections...
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Miriam's Song: A Memoir
by Miriam Mathabane Publisher Comments The powerful memoir of a young black woman coming of age in South Africa amid the violence of apartheid, beautifully written by her brother, the bestselling author of Kaffir Boy. Mark Mathabane first came to prominence with the publication of Kaffir...
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Memoirs
by Ahmed Kathrada Publisher Comments A fascinating book about a modest man who experienced a momentous life with a forward by Nelson Mandela....
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The State Vs. Nelson Mandela: The Trial That Changed South Africa
by Joel Joffe Publisher Comments On 11 July 1963, police raided Lilisleaf farm at Rivonia near Johannesburg, arresting alleged members of the high command of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Together with the already imprisoned Nelson Mandela...
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