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William Kentridge
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Blade Runner
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Oscar Pistorius |
THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF THE FIRST PARALYMPIAN TO QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES: FOR LANCE ARMSTRONG IT WASN'T ABOUT THE BIKE; FOR OSCAR PISTORIUS IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LEGSAt eleven months old, Oscar… |
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The Jack Bank
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Glen Retief's childhood was at once recognizably ordinary and brutally unusual. Raised in the middle of a game preserve where his father worked, Retief's warm nuclear family was a preserve of its own… |
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Zuma
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Jeremy Gordin |
xxv, 390 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm |
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Nelson Mandela
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David Cohen |
Historic moments from Mandela's inspiring life are captured in more than one hundred iconic photos from the mid-1940s through August 2009. Six key Mandela speeches are included, as well as an informa… |
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Desmond Tutu, bishop of peace
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Profiles the life of the South African bishop who has worked energetically and courageously to improve the lot of black people in South Africa. |
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Born a Crime
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Trevor Noah |
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that … |
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Nelson Mandela
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A biography of the black South African leader who became a civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president of South Africa. |
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Gini Holland |
A biography of the son of a Thembu chief who became a civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president of South Africa. |
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South of forgiveness
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Þórdís Elva Þorvaldsdóttir |
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Street kid fights on
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Judy was only 11 years old when she was forced to live on the streets, beaten, half-starved and horrifically abused, she finally escaped to a life in the circus. But the charming man who said he love… |
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Running for Their Lives
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Mark Whitaker |
You're unlikely to have heard of Britain's greatest long-distance runner. Despite being a world-class athlete, Peter Gavuzzi was consigned to obscurity. His heyday was in 1929, when he took part in t… |
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Archbishop Tutu of South Africa
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Judith Bentley |
Traces the life of the clergyman from his early years in Klerksdorp, South Africa, to his current crusade for peace in that strifetorn country. |
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A life's mosaic
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Phyllis Ntantala |
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Nelson Mandela
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Brian Feinberg |
A biography of the Black South African leader, focusing on his struggle to overthrow the tyrannies of apartheid. |
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Desmond Tutu
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David Winner |
Examines the life of the South African bishop and civil rights worker who has worked extensively to improve the condition of his people. |
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Voices of South Africa
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Carolyn Meyer |
The author recounts her visit to South Africa where she interviewed numerous young people, both black and white, to find out what growing up is like in a country torn apart by racial strife. |
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Frank B. Wilderson III |
Winner of the 2008 American Book Award/Before Columbus Foundation
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Love and Courage
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Pregs Govender |
A reflection on both political and personal power, this memoir from a South African activist ponders the limitations of politics as a tool to create a truly humane democracy. During her years in parl… |
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