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Healing traditions Healing traditions Karen Elizabeth Flint Annotation OL12049285W
Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela 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… OL16149181W
Long Walk to Freedom Long Walk to Freedom Chris Van Wyk,Nelson Mandela,Paddy Bouma The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly recreates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emo… OL1783377W
Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela Jill C. Wheeler A biography of the black South African leader who became a civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president of South Africa. OL1830799W
Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela Gini Holland A biography of the son of a Thembu chief who became a civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president of South Africa. OL1833752W
Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years Mandela, Nelson, Langa, Mandla,Nelson Mandela,Mandla Langa "'I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that… OL19091306W
The Politics of race, class, and nationalism in twentieth-century South Africa The Politics of race, class, and nationalism in twentieth-century South Africa Shula Marks,Stanley Trapido >In view of the continuing turbulence in South Africa, the analysis of its racially divided social order, and its variety of national and ethnic groupings, has become an urgent intellectual and polit… OL19184866W
Good morning, Mr. Mandela Good morning, Mr. Mandela Zelda La Grange Zelda la Grange grew up in South Africa as a white Afrikaner who supported the rules of segregation. Yet just a few years after the end of Apartheid she would become a most trusted assistant to Nelso… OL19982003W
South Africa South Africa Helen A. Kitchen Following the format of the first volume South Africa: In Transition to What? (1988), each of the chapters in this second volume focuses on a specific segment or segments of the jigsaw puzzle from wh… OL20610355W
Just revolution Just revolution Anna Floerke Scheid Despite the U.S. Catholic Bishops' 1983 declaration that "insufficient analytical attention has been given to the moral issues of revoluationary warfare," theological scholarship has been slow to eng… OL20974386W
Mandela and Truth and Reconciliation Mandela and Truth and Reconciliation Cath Senker How did Nelson Mandela help to heal a divided nation by supporting South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission? What choices did he have, what support and advice did he receive, and how did hi… OL21181796W
Cosatu's Contested Legacy Cosatu's Contested Legacy Sakhela Buhlungu,Malehoko Tshoaedi Draws on a survey of members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in order to make sense of changes that have been taking place in this labour federation. Presents a picture of a mu… OL21792201W
Policy, politics and poverty in South Africa Policy, politics and poverty in South Africa Jeremy Seekings,Nicoli Nattrass "When South Africa finally held its first democratic elections in 1994, the country had a much higher poverty rate than in other countries at a similar level of development. This was the legacy of ap… OL22314070W
Security and Politics in South Africa Security and Politics in South Africa Peter C. J. Vale "Vale argues that, despite South Africa's manipulation of state structures and elites in the region for its own ends, the suffering endured under the apartheid regime drew the region together at the … OL2863311W
State power and black politics in South Africa, 1912-51 State power and black politics in South Africa, 1912-51 Paul B. Rich This is a detailed study based on extensive archival research on the role and functioning of the South African state in relation to the various political opposition movements in South Africa. The boo… OL2913266W
No future without forgiveness No future without forgiveness Desmond Tutu 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… OL470336W
The politics of South African cricket The politics of South African cricket Jon Gemmell The sport of cricket has particular political connotations as it embraces an ethos that is symbolic of a wider-held belief system. Sport is subject to influences far beyond the playing field. Politic… OL5731058W
Change of pace Change of pace Cees Bruggemans xvi, 296 p. : 23 cm OL5776693W
Politics in South Africa Politics in South Africa Tom Lodge "This insightful study, now completely revised and in its second edition, examines the pattern of politics that has emerged in South Africa under the Mandela and Mbeki administrations. In considering… OL7998367W
Love and Courage Love and Courage 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… OL9981907W
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