Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Jack Bank The Jack Bank Glen Retief 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… OL15976290W
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
Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela Libby Hughes Examines the life and career of the South African civil rights leader and his impact on race relations in his country. OL1935373W
After Freedom After Freedom Katherine S. Newman,Ariane De Lannoy xiii, 279 pages ; 24 cm OL20338069W
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
Archbishop Tutu of South Africa Archbishop Tutu of South Africa 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. OL3283972W
Let My People Go Let My People Go Albert John Luthuli Albert Luthuli was the first African to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Let My People Go is as much his extraordinary story as that of the African National Congress which he led for 15 years. He gi… OL3838407W
A life's mosaic A life's mosaic Phyllis Ntantala "Phyllis Ntantala describes evocatively and with searing honesty her life and rich experience as the wife and mother of famous men - the pioneering scholar, A.C. and the ANC activist and intellectual… OL4293316W
Desmond Tutu Desmond Tutu 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. OL4479741W
Constructing race Constructing race Nadine Dolby "As apartheid crumbled in South Africa, racial identity was thrown into question. Based on a year-long ethnographic study of a multiracial high school in Durban, this book explores how youth make mea… OL7797954W