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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 54 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Amakomiti: Grassroots Democracy in South African Shack Settlements by Trevor Ngwane
    Amakomiti: Grassroots Democracy in South African Shack Settlements - by Trevor Ngwane

    £19.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780745342009 | ISBN 10: 0745342000

    Can people who live in shantytowns, shacks and favelas teach us anything about democracy? About how to govern society in a way that is inclusive, participatory and addresses popular needs?  This book argues that they can. In a study conducte ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rhodes Must Fall: The Struggle to Decolonise the Racist Heart of Empire by the Rhodes Must Fall Movement, Oxford
    Rhodes Must Fall: The Struggle to Decolonise the Racist Heart of Empire - by the Rhodes Must Fall Movement, Oxford

    £9.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786993908 | ISBN 10: 1786993902

    A decisive book written by the Rhodes Must Fall movement, offering unparalleled insight into the institutional racism at the heart of empire.   When students at Oxford University called for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed, following sim ... more

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  • Cover image of book White Boy Running by Christopher Hope
    White Boy Running - by Christopher Hope

    £9.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786496423 | ISBN 10: 1786496429

    In 1987, after a twelve year absence, Christopher Hope returned to South Africa to report on the run-up to that year's whites-only election. The nature of the election campaign, and the bitter defeat of the liberals in it, lead him to write this sati ... more

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  • Cover image of book Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
    Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood - by Trevor Noah

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781473635302 | ISBN 10: 1473635306

    The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.   One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but ... more

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  • Cover image of book South Africa: The Art of a Nation by John Giblin and Christopher Spring
    South Africa: The Art of a Nation - by John Giblin and Christopher Spring

    £25.00   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780500292839 | ISBN 10: 0500292833

    South African archaeology preserves some of the earliest evidence of artistic thought and production anywhere in the world. Today, South Africa has an established and vibrant contemporary art scene that is often in dialogue with the deep and recent p ... more

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  • Cover image of book Writing the Decline: On the Struggle for South Africa
    Writing the Decline: On the Struggle for South Africa's Democracy - by Richard Pithouse

    £14.95   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781431423170 | ISBN 10: 1431423173

    Richard Pithouse, an activist intellectual who has been an important contributor to the South African public sphere for twenty years, offers a penetrating and beautifully written exploration of the escalating crisis in South Africa in the Zuma era. & ... more

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  • Cover image of book Selling Apartheid: South Africa
    Selling Apartheid: South Africa's Global Propaganda War - by Ron Nixon

    £14.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780745399140 | ISBN 10: 0745399142

    This book lays bare the global propaganda war waged by the South African government in the attempt to bolster support for their apartheid regime. The world-wide campaign consisted of the government burnishing its image overseas, selling apartheid to ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Girl from Human Street: A Jewish Family Odyssey by Roger Cohen
    The Girl from Human Street: A Jewish Family Odyssey - by Roger Cohen

    £9.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781408863909 | ISBN 10: 1408863901

    It has taken me a long time to piece all this together. Memories come not like heavy rain but the drops falling from leaves after it. There were elements missing. At last I knew I would not be whole until I found them...   June Cohen was b ... more

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  • Cover image of book Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class by Immanuel Ness
    Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class - by Immanuel Ness

    £16.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780745335995 | ISBN 10: 0745335993

    The site of industrial struggle is shifting. The West needs to look further if it wants to understand how workers’ self-organisation is developing in countries it too often ignores. Across the Global South, peasant communities are forced off the land ... more

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  • Cover image of book Peoples Apart: The Different Faces of Apartheid: Israel and South Africa by Ilan Pappe
    Peoples Apart: The Different Faces of Apartheid: Israel and South Africa - by Ilan Pappe

    £14.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783605897 | ISBN 10: 1783605898

    Any time that a politician or commentator compares the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to South Africa under apartheid, the response is swift denunciation. Yet many prominent, respected academics and politicians--including Jimmy Carter--have drawn such ... more

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  • Cover image of book Good Morning, Mr Mandela by Zelda la Grange
    Good Morning, Mr Mandela - by Zelda la Grange

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780141978659 | ISBN 10: 0141978651

    An inspiring international bestseller, Good Morning, Mr Mandela tells the story of Zelda la Grange's incredible friendship with Nelson Mandela.   Zelda la Grange grew up in South Africa as a white Afrikaner who supported the rules of segrega ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Traitor
    My Traitor's Heart - by Rian Malan

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780099583462 | ISBN 10: 0099583461

    A great masterpiece of South African writing – Rian Malan’s gripping and harrowing exploration of South Africa’s apartheid.  WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR   In '70s' South Africa, Rian Malan – descendant of the architects of apar ... more

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  • Cover image of book Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island by Ashwin Desai
    Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island - by Ashwin Desai

    £13.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781608462728 | ISBN 10: 1608462722

    "Somehow, Shakespeare always seems to have something to say to us."(Nelson Mandela) The prison authorities on apartheid South Africa's Robben Island strictly censored the reading materials inmates received from the outside world. Yet, the prisoner ... more

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  • Cover image of book Liberation Diaries: Reflections on 20 Years of Democracy by Busani Ngcaweni (Editor)
    Liberation Diaries: Reflections on 20 Years of Democracy - by Busani Ngcaweni (Editor)

    £18.95   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781431410040 | ISBN 10: 1431410047

    Liberation Diaries is a compilation of 38 essays written by South Africans reflecting on the journey of 20 years of democracy, against expectations, aspirations and outcomes.  Contributors were asked to reflect on what freedom means to them in t ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Passion for Freedom: My Life by Mamphela Ramphele
    A Passion for Freedom: My Life - by Mamphela Ramphele

    £14.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781784530426 | ISBN 10: 1784530425

    Mamphela Ramphele is a figurehead of modern South Africa. The partner of Steve Biko, until his death in 1977, she has demonstrated extraordinary political leadership and statesmanship, most recently as the leader of the Agang SA party.   In t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War to End Apartheid by Alan Wieder
    Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War to End Apartheid - by Alan Wieder

    £16.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781583673560 | ISBN 10: 1583673563

    Ruth First and Joe Slovo, husband and wife, were leaders of the war to end apartheid in South Africa. Communists, scholars, parents, and uncompromising militants, they were the perfect enemies for the white police state. Together they were swept up i ... more

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  • Cover image of book Biko: A Life by Xolela Mangcu, with a Foreword by Nelson Mandela
    Biko: A Life - by Xolela Mangcu, with a Foreword by Nelson Mandela

    £13.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781780767857 | ISBN 10: 1780767854

    Steve Biko was an exceptional and inspirational leader, a pivotal figure in South African history. As a leading anti-apartheid activist and thinker, Biko created the Black Consciousness Movement, the grassroots organisation which would mobilise a lar ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Just Defiance: The Bombmakers, the Insurgents and a Legendary Treason Trial by Peter Harris
    A Just Defiance: The Bombmakers, the Insurgents and a Legendary Treason Trial - by Peter Harris

    £9.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781846272875 | ISBN 10: 1846272874

    1987, Pretoria. Four young black men have just been arrested for a horrific string of political murders. There's no doubt that they're guilty of everything they're accused of - and more. But in a society riven by brutal repression and racial tensions ... more

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  • Cover image of book London Recruits: The Secret War Against Apartheid by Ken Keable (Compiler and editor)
    London Recruits: The Secret War Against Apartheid - by Ken Keable (Compiler and editor)

    £15.95   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780850366556 | ISBN 10: 0850366550

    The history of the Anti-Apartheid movement brings up images of boycotts and public campaigns in the UK. But another story went on behind the scenes, in secret, one that has been never told before.   This is the story of the foreign recruits a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Cry Freedom: The Legendary True Story of Steve Biko and the Friendship That Defied Apartheid by John Briley
    Cry Freedom: The Legendary True Story of Steve Biko and the Friendship That Defied Apartheid - by John Briley

    £8.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780241950722 | ISBN 10: 0241950724

    Under South Africa's brutal apartheid regime, black activist Steve Biko has been working tirelessly for years to undermine the system when he meets white journalist Donald Woods. Initially suspicious of Biko and his motives, Woods finds himself unite ... more

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  • Cover image of book Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008 by Nadine Gordimer
    Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008 - by Nadine Gordimer

    £12.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781408800966 | ISBN 10: 1408800969

    Nadine Gordimer’s life reflects the true spirit of the writer as moral activist, political visionary and literary icon. Telling Times collects together all her non-fiction for the first time, spanning more than half a century, from the twilight of co ... more

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  • Cover image of book Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela
    Conversations with Myself - by Nelson Mandela

    £14.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780230755949 | ISBN 10: 0230755941

    An unprecedented personal portrait of one of the great leaders of our time, in his own words.  With a foreword by President Barack Obama.  Nelson Mandela is one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of takin ... more

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  • Cover image of book 117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law by Ruth First
    117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law - by Ruth First

    £8.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781844086306 | ISBN 10: 1844086305

    'In prison you see only the moves of the enemy. Prison is the hardest place to fight a battle.'   117 Days is Ruth First's personal account of her detention under the iniquitous '90-day' law of 1963. There was no warrant, no charge and no tri ... more

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  • Cover image of book After Mandela: The Battle for the Soul of South Africa by Alec Russell
    After Mandela: The Battle for the Soul of South Africa - by Alec Russell

    £9.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780099534020 | ISBN 10: 0099534029

    When Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress declared victory over the bitter injustice of apartheid, some thought South Africa's future was assured. But despite Mandela’s mission of reconciliation, rampant inequality remains; race relations ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Fork in the Road by André Brink
    A Fork in the Road - by André Brink

    £12.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780099527039 | ISBN 10: 0099527030

    The memoir of one of South Africa's best-loved novelists.  André Brink grew up in the deep interior of South Africa, as his magistrate father moved from one dusty dorp to the next. With searing honesty he describes his conflicting experiences ... more

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  • Cover image of book Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country by Gillian Slovo
    Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country - by Gillian Slovo

    £10.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781844085996 | ISBN 10: 1844085996

    A passionate witness to the colossal upheaval that has transformed her native South Africa, Gillian Slovo has written a memoir that is far more than a story of her own life. For she is the daughter of Joe Slovo and Ruth First, South Africa's pioneeri ... more

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  • Cover image of book Breaking the Silence: Journeys to Recovery - POWA Women
    Breaking the Silence: Journeys to Recovery - POWA Women's Writing Competition 2008 - by Various authors

    £9.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781920196196 | ISBN 10: 1920196196

    Survivors of violence are often forced to flee – emotionally and geographically – from sites of violence. Women cross vast emotional and geographical borders in order to flee from violence to find a place of safety. This year, POWA called for entries ... more

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  • Cover image of book More Than Just a Game: Football v Apartheid - The Most Important Football Story Ever Told by Chuck Korr and Marvin Close
    More Than Just a Game: Football v Apartheid - The Most Important Football Story Ever Told - by Chuck Korr and Marvin Close

    £7.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780007302994 | ISBN 10: 0007302991

    "It is amazing to think that a game that people take for granted all around the world, was the very same game that gave a group of prisoners sanity - and in a way, gave us the resolve to carry on the struggle"(Anthony Suze, Robben Island Prisoner) ... more

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  • Cover image of book Stealing Water by Tim Ecott
    Stealing Water - by Tim Ecott

    £8.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780340936641 | ISBN 10: 0340936649

    A very different memoir about growing up in South Africa. "Ecott's outstanding talent as an author is for pathos...Dickens is the comparison."(Matthew Parris, The Times) "Both haunting and funny, Ecott writes with compassion and honesty to give ... more

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  • Cover image of book Three Letter Plague: A Young Man
    Three Letter Plague: A Young Man's Journey Through a Great Epidemic - by Jonny Steinberg

    £13.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780099524199 | ISBN 10: 0099524198

    At the end of a steep gravel road in one of the remotest corners of South Africa's Eastern Cape lies the village of Ithanga. Home to a few hundred villagers, the majority of them unemployed, it is inconceivably poor. It is to here that award-winning ... more

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  • Cover image of book Footprints and Fingerprints by Lindiwe Mabuza
    Footprints and Fingerprints - by Lindiwe Mabuza

    £8.95   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781770100787 | ISBN 10: 1770100784

    Footprints and fingerprints includes a wide selection of Mabuza's poems from a period of over thirty years. In this collection she explores the nature of South Africa's journey to democracy and her own personal role in the struggle. Mabuza firmly sta ... more

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  • Cover image of book Old Wrongs, New Rights: Student Views of the New South Africa by Edited by Dan Connell
    Old Wrongs, New Rights: Student Views of the New South Africa - by Edited by Dan Connell

    £14.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781592216291 | ISBN 10: 1592216293

    Old Wrongs, New Rights offers candid close-ups of South Africa's invigorating but unfinished journey from apartheid to democracy.   The reporters are students from the Americas, steeped in idealism but quick to spot backsliding. Their vantage ... more

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  • Cover image of book Biko Lives! Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko by Edited by Andile Mngxitama, Amanda Alexander and Nigel C. Gibson
    Biko Lives! Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko - by Edited by Andile Mngxitama, Amanda Alexander and Nigel C. Gibson

    £39.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780230606494 | ISBN 10: 0230606490

    Biko Lives! is an intervention in post-apartheid South African politics as well as the culture and history of the anti-apartheid movements, addressing not only the current commodification of Steve Biko but also the various appropriations of his lega ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorised Biography of Desmond Tutu by John Allen
    Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorised Biography of Desmond Tutu - by John Allen

    £12.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781846040641 | ISBN 10: 1846040647

    Rabble-Rouser for Peace is the first book to tell the full story of how a boy from South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships became one of the world's best-known religious figures, a moral icon to those who work for peace and justice everywhere ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Day I Died by Thembelani Ngenelwa
    The Day I Died - by Thembelani Ngenelwa

    £8.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780795702440 | ISBN 10: 0795702442

    On Wednesday 1 October 2003, a short, stocky young man wearing a blood-soaked green jacket lay dying near the railway bridge on the side of Linton Jones Road, Germiston. He had been shot five times from close range. Still conscious, his eyes half-clo ... more

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  • Cover image of book A People On The Boil: Reflections on June 16 1976 and Beyond by Harry Mashabela
    A People On The Boil: Reflections on June 16 1976 and Beyond - by Harry Mashabela

    £11.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781770092082 | ISBN 10: 1770092080

    A people on the boil which includes a new chapter and new photographs is an account by a black newspaper journalist's reflections of the tumultuous events of 1976 which started in his own backyard. The author's reflections of the events which became ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Human Being Died That Night: Forgiving Apartheid
    A Human Being Died That Night: Forgiving Apartheid's Chief Killer - by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

    £8.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781846270536 | ISBN 10: 1846270537

    When Eugene de Kock, commanding officer of the apartheid death squads, was sentenced to 212 years for crimes against humanity, the black South Africans outside Pretoria's surpreme court cheered and danced: the killer who had been nicknamed 'Prime Evi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Halala Madiba: Nelson Mandela in Poetry by Edited by Richard Bartlett
    Halala Madiba: Nelson Mandela in Poetry - by Edited by Richard Bartlett

    £9.95   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780955233906 | ISBN 10: 0955233909

    From the day the cell door closed on Nelson Mandela 40 years ago, poets took up the fight for freedom - not just his freedom, but that of an entire people. This book brings together almost 100 poems from 25 countries that show how a generation of poe ... more

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  • Cover image of book God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time by Desmond Tutu
    God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time - by Desmond Tutu

    £9.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781844135677 | ISBN 10: 1844135675

    Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has long been admired throughout the world for the heroism and grace he displayed while encouraging South Africans in their struggle for human rights. In this, his most soul-searching book to date, he shares the spiritual ... more

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  • Cover image of book Preparing for Power: Oliver Tambo Speaks by Oliver Tambo
    Preparing for Power: Oliver Tambo Speaks - by Oliver Tambo

    £7.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781870518949 | ISBN 10: 1870518942

    This unique collection of speeches, writings and rare interviews by the President of the African National Congress, with a foreword by Nelson Mandela and compiled by Mrs Adelaide Tambo, gives a coherent and comprehensive view of ANC policy, both with ... more

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  • Cover image of book Kalahari Rain Song by Elana Bregin & Belinda Kruiper
    Kalahari Rain Song - by Elana Bregin & Belinda Kruiper

    £34.95   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781869140526 | ISBN 10: 1869140524

    This moving and unusual story brings together the voices of two South African women, different in background, connected in spirit. Weaving together a range of narrative styles and strands - mythic, political, and anecdotal - "Kalahari Rainsong" refle ... more

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  • Cover image of book Every Step of the Way: The Journey To Freedom in South Africa by Michael Morris
    Every Step of the Way: The Journey To Freedom in South Africa - by Michael Morris

    £17.50   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780796920614 | ISBN 10: 0796920613

    Serpentine queues, some stretching for kilometres, showed that, despite the bomb blasts of the previous few days, the country's democratic resolve was in good shape. There was plenty of patience and spirits were high. By the time they voted, many had ... more

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  • Cover image of book Call Me Woman by Ellen Kuzwayo
    Call Me Woman - by Ellen Kuzwayo

    £9.95   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780958470827 | ISBN 10: 0958470820

    The resonance of Call Me Woman is as great in 2004 as when first published in 1985. It tells the important history of not only one woman struggling under apartheid but of millions who faced similar challenges. Like millions of black South Africa ... more

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  • Cover image of book Climate Change: Stories from the Developing World by Margie Orford
    Climate Change: Stories from the Developing World - by Margie Orford

    £12.95   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781853395932 | ISBN 10: 1853395935

    Global warming and climate change pose a dire threat to life, demanding urgent global action. The Kyoto Protocol is the United Nations treaty committing signatories to dealing with climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Clean Develo ... more

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  • Cover image of book White Lies: Canon Collins and the Secret War Against Apartheid by Denis Herbstein
    White Lies: Canon Collins and the Secret War Against Apartheid - by Denis Herbstein

    £16.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780852558850 | ISBN 10: 0852558856

    Behind the clerical dog collar he wore as Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, John Collins ran a single-minded, constantly creative campaign over several decades to provide material support to those waging the struggle against apartheid - assist ... more

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  • Cover image of book Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music and Politics in South Africa by Gwen Ansell
    Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music and Politics in South Africa - by Gwen Ansell

    £30.00   hardback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780826416629 | ISBN 10: 0826416624

    Soweto Blues springs from the voices of dozens of South African jazzmen and women who lived through the apartheid years. From well-known international figures like Hugh Masekela to the neighbourhood heroes of small communities, the book uses the test ... more

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  • Cover image of book Images of Defiance: South African Resistance Posters of the 1980s by The Posterbook Collective
    Images of Defiance: South African Resistance Posters of the 1980s - by The Posterbook Collective

    £26.50   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781919855387 | ISBN 10: 1919855386

    Images of Defiance is a visual record of grassroots mobilisation and resistance, of the struggle to shatter the silence imposed by massive state repression. This book of posters celebrates the Congress movement and the principles it has fought so lon ... more

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  • Cover image of book In His Own Words: From Freedom to the Future by Nelson Mandela
    In His Own Words: From Freedom to the Future - by Nelson Mandela

    £14.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780349117768 | ISBN 10: 0349117764

    Nelson Mandela's speeches have moved, challenged and inspired many generations across the world. This selection of Mandela's speeches provides a lively, memorable profile of his lifelong commitment to the flourishing of the people of South Africa, Af ... more

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  • Cover image of book No Easy Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
    No Easy Walk to Freedom - by Nelson Mandela

    £9.99   paperback   (2002) - ISBN 13: 9780141439303 | ISBN 10: 0141439300

    'There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountain tops of our desires.' After twenty-seven years in prison, Nelson Mandela finally walked ... more

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  • Cover image of book We Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Ashwin Desai
    We Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa - by Ashwin Desai

    £15.95   paperback   (2002) - ISBN 13: 9781583670507 | ISBN 10: 1583670505

    When Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1994, freedom-loving people around the world hailed a victory over racial domination. The end of apartheid did not change the basic conditions of the oppressed majority, however. Material i ... more

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  • Cover image of book Steering by the Stars: Being young in South Africa by Mamphela Ramphele
    Steering by the Stars: Being young in South Africa - by Mamphela Ramphele

    £12.99   paperback   (2002) - ISBN 13: 9780624040965 | ISBN 10: 0624040968

    Sixteen teenagers grew up in New Crossroads, Cape Town, in the 1990s. A decade later they find themselves in markedly different circumstances. Bulelwa is a self-confident young woman with a good career, Bulelani is completing a tertiary education. Bu ... more

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  • Cover image of book Soweto: 16 June 1976 by Elsabe Brink et al
    Soweto: 16 June 1976 - by Elsabe Brink et al

    £13.95   paperback   (2001) - ISBN 13: 9780795701320 | ISBN 10: 0795701322

    Published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the June 16 uprising, in this book thirty individuals share their memories of the day as well as the days, weeks & months that followed. They tell their own story in their own words, many of them for t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Moffies: Gay Life in Southern Africa by Bart Luirink
    Moffies: Gay Life in Southern Africa - by Bart Luirink

    £10.95   paperback   (2000) - ISBN 13: 9780864864420 | ISBN 10: 0864864426

    "Moffies" is an account of gay life in Southern Africa from 1990 to the present. It views the situation in each country of the subcontinent through the eyes of gays and lesbians living there, and tells of the triumphs and trials of homosexuals in Sou ... more

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  • Cover image of book I Write What I Like: A Selection of Writings by Steve Biko
    I Write What I Like: A Selection of Writings - by Steve Biko

    £10.99   paperback   (1987) - ISBN 13: 9780435905989 | ISBN 10: 0435905988

    "Like Nelson Mandela's No Easy Walk to Freedom, Biko's selfless pieces of thought, resilience, and longer-term faith in a humanely shared planet will influence South Africa's transition to majority rule." (Tribune) On 12 September, 1977, Steve B ... more

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