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1	Cry the Beloved Country more books like this by Alan Paton add to wishlist Often called the most important South African novel, this is the story of love and courage in the face of injustice. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa more books like this by Mark Mathabane add to wishlist Written with courage and conviction, Mark Mathbane's reveals the extraordinary memoir of growing up in a world under apartheid. B&W photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa more books like this by Antjie Krog, Charlayne Hunter-Gault (Foreword by) add to wishlist This study of South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation Commission is by an Afrikaans poet. It examines the unique effort to deal with the horrors of apartheid through a process of public truth telling and national healing. The TRC is being looked at as an option that other nations can follow in assigning responsibility for crimes against humanity. see all copies from $4.24! new only from $9.76! \| SVS
4	For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator more books like this by Richard J Goldstone, Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor (Foreword by) add to wishlist These memoirs by the jurist credited with assisting the peaceful transition of power in post-apartheid South Africa also recall his work as chief prosecutor on the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia. The recurring theme throughout is the search for justice and accountability for crimes against humanity. see all copies from $16.60! new only from $73.36! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope more books like this by Beverley Naidoo add to wishlist This unique collection of stories by native South African and Carnegie Medalist Beverley Naidoo is about young people's choices in a beautiful country made ugly by injustice. Each story is set in a different decade during the last half of the 20th century and into the 21st, and features fictional characters caught up in very real events in South ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.76! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Syringa Tree more books like this by Pamela Gien add to wishlist This one-woman drama revolves around the white, 6-year-old character Elizabeth Grace who lives in Johannesburg in the 1960s, when the terrors of the age of South African apartheid are at their height. Throughout, Gien presents portraits of two dozen additional characters in Elizabeth's life--black, white, young, old, male, and female. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Kaffir Boy more books like this by Mark Mathabane add to wishlist From the most hopeful to the most humiliating, Mark Mathabane tells the story of his life in Apartheid South Africa. Oprah Winfrey's production company, Harpo, Inc., has bought the film rights to this extraordinary testament to the human spirit. A major television collaboration with Warner Brothers is being planned to chronicle the grim horrors of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Smell of Apples more books like this by Mark Behr add to wishlist This story of a South African childhood won the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize for First Fiction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Agrarian Question in South Africa more books like this by Henry Bernstein (Editor) add to wishlist This collection presents a critical political economy of the agrarian question in post-apartheid South Africa, informed by the results of research undertaken since the transition from apartheid started in 1990. The articles cover a variety of topical, theoretical, empirical and policy issues, firmly rooted in an historical perspective. see all copies from $31.85! new only from $45.48! \| SVS
10	Nelson Mandela: No Easy Walk to Freedom more books like this by Barry Denenberg add to wishlist A biography of the anti-apartheid leader which concludes with his release from prison in 1990. Information on Mandela's personal life is included although the emphasis is on his political and racial struggles. Illustrated with b&w photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Scientific Racism in Modern South Africa more books like this by Saul Dubow add to wishlist This is the first full-length study of the history of intellectual and scientific racism in modern South Africa. Ranging broadly across disciplines in the social sciences, sciences and humanities, it charts the rise of scientific racism during the late nineteenth century and the subsequent decline of biological determinism from the mid-twentieth ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $16.00! \| SVS
12 view cover	No Easy Walk to Freedom more books like this by Nelson Mandela add to wishlist This is a collection of Nelson Mandela's articles, speeches, letters from underground and the transcripts of his trials. The articles illustrate the magnetic attraction of one of the foremost campaigners for freedom Africa has ever known. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.93! \| first editions
13 view cover	I Write What I Like: Selected Writings more books like this by Steve Biko, Aelred Stubbs (Editor), University of Chicago Press (Creator) add to wishlist "The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." Like all of Steve Biko's writings, those words testify to the passion, courage, and keen insight that made him one of the most powerful figures in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. They also reflect his conviction that black people in South Africa could ... see all copies from $8.36! new only from $14.10! \| SVS
14 view cover	Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation more books like this by Alan Paton add to wishlist Often called the most important South African novel, this is the story of love and courage in the face of injustice. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Skinner's Drift more books like this by Lisa Fugard add to wishlist In this beautiful and brutal debut novel, the new South Africa comes to life with its violent history, as Eva van Rensburg confronts her dying father with a terrible secret from her childhood. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Miriam's Song more books like this by Miriam Mathabane, Mark Mathabane add to wishlist When the author and his family moved to America, his sister, Miriam, remained in South Africa. This tale, told in Miriam's voice, tells of a woman who came of age amid the violence and rebellion of the 1980s. She saw the destruction of the hates apartheid system and the birth of a new and democratic South Africa. Miriam emerges as both an innocent ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $16.22! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Apartheid State in Crisis: Political Transformation of South Africa, 1975-1990 more books like this by Robert M Price, Reverend, Ph.D. add to wishlist This book is intended for scholars and students of South African politics.Prizes won etc. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.95! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Cry, the Beloved Country Notes more books like this by Richard O Peterson add to wishlist Cry, the Beloved Country is a beautifully told and profoundly compassionate story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s. This concise supplement to Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country helps students understand the overall structure of the work, actions and motivations of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
19 view cover	Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile & Apartheid more books like this by Frank B Wilderson, III add to wishlist "[Frank B.] Wilderson [will] become a major American writer. Mark my word."-Ishmael Reed In 1995, a South African journalist informed Frank B. Wilderson, one of only two black American members of the African National Congress (ANC), that President Nelson Mandela considered him "a threat to national security." Wilderson was asked to comment. ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20	In No Uncertain Terms: A South African Memoir more books like this by Helen Suzman add to wishlist An intimate view of a period of injustice and violence, courage, progress, and change, this is a poignant and passionate look at a woman of rare character and purpose. A member of the South African Parliament from 1953-1989, Suzman used that forum to bear witness to and challenge the policy of apartheid. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $176.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Gem Squash Tokoloshe more books like this by Rachel Zadok add to wishlist A story of the dissolution of a marriage seen through the eyes of an innocent child. She just sat there hardly moving, staring at the drive. Black marks formed under her eyes where her lashes bled their waxy coating onto her skin. Her rouged cheeks were smudged. Mother looked like she was melting in the heat. Faith leads an isolated existence on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa more books like this by Padraig O'Malley, Nelson Mandela (Foreword by) add to wishlist This is the inside story of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, told through the experiences of its unsung hero. The struggle in South Africa to destroy apartheid was one of the great moral crusades of the last century, and Mac Maharaj played a pivotal role in the liberation movement for nearly four decades. A South African of Indian descent, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Move Your Shadow more books like this by Joseph Lelyveld add to wishlist The complexities of South Africa are illuminated upon in this acclaimed work that takes a close, clear look at the strange realities within that country. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.60! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy more books like this by Nigel Worden add to wishlist This is a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the key themes and debates central to an understanding of the region. It examines the major issues in South Africa's history, including colonial conquest; the establishment of racism, segregation, and apartheid; resistance movements; and the eventual founding of democracy. It provides a sharp, ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $15.00! \| SVS
25 view cover	Country of My Skull more books like this by Antjie Krog add to wishlist Krog captures the complexity of South Africa's Truth and Reconcilliation Commission in a personal narrative, taking the reader beneath the big movements of the Truth Commission and beyond, into the heart of what it means to be a South African today. Originally published by Jonathan Cape. see all copies from $3.98! new only from $13.30! \| first editions

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