Clarke's Books. AMAGAMA ENKULULEKO. An anthology of short fiction, poetry, narrative journalism and extracts from novels and memoirs. These texts are presented as "lenses through which to engage with South Africa's past." from the introduction. With glossaries, questions and writing challenges for students. Foreword by Zakes Mda. Includes writings by Oswald Mtshali, Nat Nakasa, Richard Rive, Ronny Kasrils, Sipho Sepamla, Mongane Wally Serote, and many others. THE WARTIME DIARY OF W D TERRY. 9780865711457 0865711453 Blaming others - Prejudice, race, and worldwide AIDS, RenĂ¢ee Sabatier, Tade Aina, Jon Tinker 9781845453893 1845453891 Cultures of Abortion. 9:09 am I.D. Systems acquires Keytroller, a manufacturer and marketer of electronic products for managing forklifts, construction vehicles, and other industrial. SAfrican' at Cambridge, with selected letters 1. Laurence Wright. 23. William David Terry read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, during the early years of World War II. W. D. Terry "wrote exceptionally interesting and observant letters, and a diary which he kept when a student in Cambridge between 1. September 1. 93. 9. Together they provide a vivid picture of Cambridge at the time, conveying the atmosphere of the 'phoney war' and the way his fellow students, the university and the city as a whole grappled with the meaning and realities of war. All of it seen from the perspective of a perceptive white English- speaking South Africa, proud and privileged to be there, feeling both at home and a stranger at the same time. It is full of fascinating vignettes, reflecting his powers of observation and description.." Brian Willan, author of "Sol Plaatje: South African Nationalist" "Remember him? You bet! I never, ever, heard a student speak of [Terry] with less than total respect. Nobody in my circles knew his name - even now - I know not what the W. D. might be about. Nobody asks God what his name is.." Charles van Onselen, author of "The Seed is Mine"Laurence Wright is currently a Senior Research Fellow at North. West University. He was formerly H. A. Molteno Professor of English and Director of the Institute for the Study of English in Africa at Rhodes University. Sakhu story. 79pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback. A collaborative educational initiative between Qhayiya Production Group in Khayelitsha and students from Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography, this book documents the life of Sakhu Fonya, a young man living with vitiligo, a condition that causes de- pigmentation of the body's skin cells. The students' photographs are accompanied by interviews with Sakhu and his family. Adams (K.) comp. MEMORY KEEPERS. District Six. 11. Betty's Bay. Keith Adams interviews South African who grew up in District Six: soprano Ruth Goodwin, artist and poet Peter Clarke, poet James Matthews, poet and playwright Gladys Thomas, actor Bill Curry, artist Lionel Davis, and jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin. Include portraits of the contributors by Garth Erasmus. Keith Adams is currently the Director of St. Joseph's Adult Education Programme in Cape Town. He served as vice- president of the Congress of South African Writers, Western Cape region, and is a founder member of the arts collective, Vakalisa Arts Associates. He is also the South African editor for New Observations. Addison (W.) ed. THE ADDISON DIARIES. Natal Carbineer, gunner, pioneer farmer, the life and times of Frederick Addison (1. Frederick Addison was born at Rorke's Drift in 1. Estcourt, where his father served as a magistrate during and after the Boer War. He joined the Royal Natal Carbineers soon after World War I was declared in 1. German South- West African campaign and in France with the First South African Military Brigade. While this memoir focuses mainly on his experiences during World War I, he also describes his school days at Hilton College and his life as a sugar farmer on the Natal North Coast. Water Addison, Frederick Addison's son, has included his father's "A History of the Addison Family", written for his relatives, as an appendix. ![]() Latest breaking news, including politics, crime and celebrity. Find stories, updates and expert opinion. The most visited personal development product site on Earth. Adebajo (A.). Africa's philosopher- king, a Jacana pocket biography. Johannesburg. Also published in the USA. Thabo Mbeki was deputy president (1. South Africa. Adekeye Adebayo is Executive Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town and a Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of "The Curse of Berlin: Africa after the Cold War" and editor of "Africa's Peacemakers: Nobel Peace Laureates of African descent". He is a columnist for Business Day (South Africa) and "The Guardian" (Nigeria). ![]() Adhikari (M.). AGAINST THE CURRENT. Harld Cressey, 1. Educationist, teacher and civil rights activist Harold Cressey led the group of coloured teachers who founded the Teachers' League of South Africa (TLSA) in 1. Alberts (C.). CHOPPER DOWN!. Africa. 35. 2pp., b/w & colour illus., maps, paperback. Carl Alberts was a helicopter gunship pilot with the South African Defence Force and served in South West Africa and Angola during the Border War. In 1. 98. 4 he was awarded the Honoris Crux for his actions at Cuvelai in southern Angola. In 1. 99. 3 he joined Executive Outcomes and fought in Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast. In 2. 00. 4 he was fined for engaging in foreign mercenary activities. Alcock (G.). THIRD WORLD CHILD. Zulu bred. 36. 3pp., map, paperback. Johannesburg. Reprint of GG Alcock's autobiography, in which he writes about growing up in rural Zululand in the 1. GG Alcock's parents, Neil and Creina, lived in Msinga in rural Zululand, and worked among the Mchunu and Mthembu tribes, assisting those displaced by the apartheid government's policy of forced removals. When he was fourteen his father was killed by warring tribesmen."I say this is a fascinating book, perhaps even as landmark - the first report from the next South Africa." Rian Malan, author of "My Traitor's Heart", which contains a chapter about the Alcocks of Msinga. Alfred (L.). EARLY ONE SUNDAY MORNING I DECIDED TO STEP OUT AND FIND SOUTH AFRICA. Journalist Luke Alfred spent more than a year walking along South Africa's gravel roads, paths and train tracks, exploring the history of the country."It made me smile and it made my heart ache a little" Darrel Bristow- Bovey, author of "One Midlife Crisis and a Speedo"Luke Alfred is also the author of "When the Lions Came to Town, the 1. Rugby Tour to South Africa". Allan (J.). JANI CONFIDENTIAL. Johannesburg. A memoir by Jani Allan, a controversial columnist with the Sunday Times between 1. In 1. 99. 2, she filed an unsuccessful libel suit against the UK broadcaster Channel 4 for airing a documentary by Nick Broomfield, "The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife", which suggested that she had an affair with Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader Eugene Terre'Blanche, allegations she has always strongly denied. She now lives in the USA. Allen (J.). RABBLE- ROUSER FOR PEACE. Desmond Tutu. 48. As a religious correspondent of a major South African daily newspaper, John Allen covered Desmond Tutu's rise to prominence in the years following the Soweto uprising in 1. He served with Tutu for 1. Communications Director of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and at Emory University in the United States.". Allen (V.). a biography of Mrs Sarah Heckford. A reprint of Vivien Allen's biography of Sarah Heckford (1. England to Durban in 1. Transvaal and worked as a governess, doctor, builder, nurse and farmer. When her farm failed she made her fortune as a "smous", trading goods with hunters and miners in the Lowveld. In 1. 88. 2 she published an account of her life and adventures entitled "A Lady Trader in the Transvaal". Alter (C.). NO SUBSTITUTE. Johannesburg). Self- published biography by Cindy Alter, a South African musician and lead singer in the all- female South African rock group, Clout (1. Substitute". Amathila (L.). MAKING A DIFFERENCE. An autobiography by Libertina Amathila - medical doctor, member of SWAPO, Namibia's liberation movement, and Cabinet Minister for twenty years. Libertina Amathila was born in Fransfontien in the Kunene Region of Namibia. She joined SWAPO in 1. Dar es Salaam. She studied medicine in Tanzania, Poland, Sweden and London, and was involved in organising clinics and health projects for Namibians in Zambia and Angola. She returned to Namibia in 1. Cabinet as Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing, Minister of Health and Social Services, and Deputy Prime Minister. She also played a leading role in the World Health Organisation. She retired in 2. Dr Leander Starr Jameson: the inspiration for Kipling's masterpiece. Solihull and Durban. A biography of the British colonial statesman Dr Leander Starr Jameson (1. Cecil John Rhodes and leader of the doomed raid against Paul Kruger's Transvaal Republic in 1.
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