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Affiche du document The Fall of the ANC Continues — The Fall of the ANC Continues
Prince Mashele
1h53min15
Politique
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151 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h53min.
‘On the basis of the current state of politics in South Africa – of corruption, factionalism, the use of politics as a means of accumulation, all of which are abundant in the ANC – we have come to the conclusion that, if the party does not make a serious U-turn, it will ruin itself, and our country at the same time. This will not go on forever, for newer generations will, to avoid further ruin, act to bring about political change. We have faith in the rational capacity of human beings, even as we know that history reminds us that humankind can sometimes be foolish.’ Political governance in South Africa has collapsed. Scandals of corruption, evidence of nepotism, rampant maladministration in provinces, incompetence in public offices and a general decline in the quality of leadership are there for all to see. In the authors’ view, this state of affairs has its origins in the messiness and collapse of the African National Congress. As helplessness deepens in our society, concerned citizens ask: What will happen to South Africa?The Fall of the ANC Continues: What Next? seeks to answer this question of the fate that awaits the country.

The Fall of the ANC Continues
Prince Mashele
1h53min15
Politique
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151 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h53min.
‘On the basis of the current state of politics in South Africa – of corruption, factionalism, the use of politics as a means of accumulation, all of which are abundant in the ANC – we have come to the conclusion that, if the party does not make a serious U-turn, it will ruin itself, and our country at the same time. This will not go on forever, for newer generations will, to avoid further ruin, act to bring about political change. We have faith in the rational capacity of human beings, even as we know that history reminds us that humankind can sometimes be foolish.’ Political governance in South Africa has collapsed. Scandals of corruption, evidence of nepotism, rampant maladministration in provinces, incompetence in public offices and a general decline in the quality of leadership are there for all to see. In the authors’ view, this state of affairs has its origins in the messiness and collapse of the African National Congress. As helplessness deepens in our society, concerned citizens ask: What will happen to South Africa?The Fall of the ANC Continues: What Next? seeks to answer this question of the fate that awaits the country.

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Affiche du document Turning and Turning — Turning and Turning
Judith February
2h09min00
Politique
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172 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h09min.
South Africans often are deeply polarised in our perspectives of the present and the past. Our ‘ways of seeing’ are fraught with division, and we fail to understand the complexities when we do not see what lies beneath the surface. There is no denying that the Jacob Zuma presidency took a significant toll on South Africa, exacerbating tensions and exposing the deep fractures that already exist in our society along the lines of race, class and even ethnicity. The Zuma years were marked by cases of corruption and state capture, unprecedented in their brazenness, and increased social protests – many of which were accompanied by violence – aggressive public discourse, lack of respect for reason and an often disturbing resistance to meaningful engagement. Importantly, those years also placed enormous pressure on our democratic institutions, many of which still bear the scars, and challenged the sovereignty of the Constitution itself. As an analyst and governance specialist at the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) for twelve years, February has had a unique perch. Turning and turning is a snapshot of her IDASA years and the issues tackled, which included work on the arms deal and its corrosive impact on democratic institutions, IDASA’s party-funding campaign, which February helped lead, as well as work on accountability and transparency. Combining analytical insight with personal observations and experience, February highlights the complex process of building a strong democratic society, and the difficulties of living in a constitutional democracy marked by soaring levels of inequality. There is a need to reflect on and learn from the country’s democratic journey if citizens are to shape our democracy effectively and to fulfill the promise of the Constitution for all South Africans.

Turning and Turning
Judith February
2h09min00
Politique
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172 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h09min.
South Africans often are deeply polarised in our perspectives of the present and the past. Our ‘ways of seeing’ are fraught with division, and we fail to understand the complexities when we do not see what lies beneath the surface. There is no denying that the Jacob Zuma presidency took a significant toll on South Africa, exacerbating tensions and exposing the deep fractures that already exist in our society along the lines of race, class and even ethnicity. The Zuma years were marked by cases of corruption and state capture, unprecedented in their brazenness, and increased social protests – many of which were accompanied by violence – aggressive public discourse, lack of respect for reason and an often disturbing resistance to meaningful engagement. Importantly, those years also placed enormous pressure on our democratic institutions, many of which still bear the scars, and challenged the sovereignty of the Constitution itself. As an analyst and governance specialist at the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) for twelve years, February has had a unique perch. Turning and turning is a snapshot of her IDASA years and the issues tackled, which included work on the arms deal and its corrosive impact on democratic institutions, IDASA’s party-funding campaign, which February helped lead, as well as work on accountability and transparency. Combining analytical insight with personal observations and experience, February highlights the complex process of building a strong democratic society, and the difficulties of living in a constitutional democracy marked by soaring levels of inequality. There is a need to reflect on and learn from the country’s democratic journey if citizens are to shape our democracy effectively and to fulfill the promise of the Constitution for all South Africans.

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Affiche du document A Manifesto for Social Change — A Manifesto for Social Change
Moeletsi Mbeki
48min45
Politique
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65 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 49min.
A Manifesto for Social Change is the third of a three-volume series that started seven years ago investigating the causes of our country’s – and the continent’s – development obstacles.Architects of Poverty (2009) set out to explain what role African elites played in creating and promoting their fellow Africans’ misery.Advocates for Change (2011) showed that there were short-term to medium-term solutions to many of Africa’s and South Africa’s problems, if only the powers that be would take note. And now, more than 22 years after the advent of democracy in South Africa, we have A Manifesto for Social Change, the conclusion in the trilogy.

A Manifesto for Social Change
Moeletsi Mbeki
48min45
Politique
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65 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 49min.
A Manifesto for Social Change is the third of a three-volume series that started seven years ago investigating the causes of our country’s – and the continent’s – development obstacles.Architects of Poverty (2009) set out to explain what role African elites played in creating and promoting their fellow Africans’ misery.Advocates for Change (2011) showed that there were short-term to medium-term solutions to many of Africa’s and South Africa’s problems, if only the powers that be would take note. And now, more than 22 years after the advent of democracy in South Africa, we have A Manifesto for Social Change, the conclusion in the trilogy.

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Affiche du document Conversations with a Gentle Soul — Conversations with a Gentle Soul
Ahmed Kathrada
1h23min15
Biographies
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111 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h23min.
Without much fanfare Ahmed Kathrada worked alongside Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and other giants in the struggle to end racial discrimination in South Africa. He faced house arrest and many court trials related to his activism until, finally, a trial for sabotage saw him sentenced to life imprisonment alongside Mandela and six others. Conversations with a Gentle Soul has its origins in a series of discussions between Kathrada and Sahm Venter about his opinions, encounters and experiences. Throughout his life, Kathrada has refused to hang on to negative emotions such as hatred and bitterness. Instead, he radiates contentment and the openness of a man at peace with himself. His wisdom is packaged within layers of optimism, mischievousness and humour, and he provides insights that are of value to all South Africans.

Conversations with a Gentle Soul
Ahmed Kathrada
1h23min15
Biographies
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111 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h23min.
Without much fanfare Ahmed Kathrada worked alongside Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and other giants in the struggle to end racial discrimination in South Africa. He faced house arrest and many court trials related to his activism until, finally, a trial for sabotage saw him sentenced to life imprisonment alongside Mandela and six others. Conversations with a Gentle Soul has its origins in a series of discussions between Kathrada and Sahm Venter about his opinions, encounters and experiences. Throughout his life, Kathrada has refused to hang on to negative emotions such as hatred and bitterness. Instead, he radiates contentment and the openness of a man at peace with himself. His wisdom is packaged within layers of optimism, mischievousness and humour, and he provides insights that are of value to all South Africans.

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Affiche du document Illumination — Illumination
Nthikeng Mohlele
1h14min15
Musique
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99 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h14min.
Bantubonke is an accomplished and revered jazz trumpeter, composer and band leader in decline – an absent present and inadequate spouse. He lives for art at the expense of all else, an imbalance that derails his life and propels him to the brink of madness and despair. A story of direct and implied betrayals, Illumination is an unrelenting study of possession and loss, of the beauty and uncertainty of love, of the dangers and intrusions of fame.

Illumination
Nthikeng Mohlele
1h14min15
Musique
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99 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h14min.
Bantubonke is an accomplished and revered jazz trumpeter, composer and band leader in decline – an absent present and inadequate spouse. He lives for art at the expense of all else, an imbalance that derails his life and propels him to the brink of madness and despair. A story of direct and implied betrayals, Illumination is an unrelenting study of possession and loss, of the beauty and uncertainty of love, of the dangers and intrusions of fame.

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Affiche du document Parcel of Death — Parcel of Death
Gaongalelwe Tiro
1h34min30
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126 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h34min.
Parcel of Death recounts the little-told life story of Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, the first South African freedom fighter the apartheid regime pursued beyond the country’s borders to assassinate with a parcel bomb.On 29 April 1972, Tiro made one of the most consequential revolutionary addresses in South African history. Dubbed the Turfloop Testimony, Tiro’s anti-apartheid speech saw him and many of his fellow student activists expelled, igniting a series of strikes in tertiary institutions across the country. By the time he went into exile in Botswana, Tiro was president of the Southern African Student Movement (SASM), permanent organiser of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) and a leading Black Consciousness proponent, hailed by many as the ‘godfather’ of the June 1976 uprisings.Parcel of Death uses extensive and exclusive interviews to highlight significant influences and periods in Tiro’s life, including the lessons learned from his rural upbringing in Dinokana, Zeerust, the time he spent working on a manganese mine, his role as a teacher and the impact of his faith in shaping his outlook. It is a compelling portrait of Tiro’s story and its lasting significance in South Africa’s history.

Parcel of Death
Gaongalelwe Tiro
1h34min30
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126 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h34min.
Parcel of Death recounts the little-told life story of Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, the first South African freedom fighter the apartheid regime pursued beyond the country’s borders to assassinate with a parcel bomb.On 29 April 1972, Tiro made one of the most consequential revolutionary addresses in South African history. Dubbed the Turfloop Testimony, Tiro’s anti-apartheid speech saw him and many of his fellow student activists expelled, igniting a series of strikes in tertiary institutions across the country. By the time he went into exile in Botswana, Tiro was president of the Southern African Student Movement (SASM), permanent organiser of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) and a leading Black Consciousness proponent, hailed by many as the ‘godfather’ of the June 1976 uprisings.Parcel of Death uses extensive and exclusive interviews to highlight significant influences and periods in Tiro’s life, including the lessons learned from his rural upbringing in Dinokana, Zeerust, the time he spent working on a manganese mine, his role as a teacher and the impact of his faith in shaping his outlook. It is a compelling portrait of Tiro’s story and its lasting significance in South Africa’s history.

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Affiche du document My Own Liberator — My Own Liberator
Dikgang Moseneke
3h11min15
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255 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h11min.
A powerful memoir of activism, dedication, and a life committed to justice and equality in apartheid-era South Africa.‘My Own Liberator spans some eight decades and sheds light on a remarkable and distinguished life as well as on of the history of South Africa and leading figures in changing times to paint a compelling double portrait of the author’s personal life and the history of South Africa’s journey from apartheid to democracy.’ — SALA citation‘The first of a two-part memoir, the former deputy chief justice writes movingly of the many people who influenced him on the road to becoming one of the most respected legal minds in South Africa.’ — Tymon Smith, The Times‘Justice Dikgang Moseneke’s biography, My Own Liberator, is a welcome instalment in the increasing body of African literature and biographies ... Through this book he has allowed us a sneak preview of his still-incomplete life, and this book is recommended for its wit, depth and lucidity.’ — Thami Ka Plaatjie, Sunday Independent Dispatches‘… a beautiful memoir that is simultaneously poignant and enthralling *My Own Liberator charts a life from Pretoria’s version of Sophiatown, Lady Selborne, to Atteridgeville, Robben Island as South Africa’s youngest political prisoner, lawyer, silk and finally after becoming acclaimed one of our most revered jurists ever.’ — Kevin Ritchie, Weekend ArgusIn My Own Liberator, Dikgang Moseneke pays homage to the many people and places that have helped to define and shape him. Tracing his ancestry, the influence on both his maternal and paternal sides is evident in the values they imbued in their children – the importance of family, the value of hard work and education, an uncompromising moral code, compassion for those less fortunate and unflinching refusal to accept an unjust political regime or acknowledge its oppressive laws.As a young activist in the Pan-Africanist Congress, at the tender age of fifteen, Moseneke was arrested, detained and, in 1963, sentenced to ten years on Robben Island for participating in anti-apartheid activities. Physical incarceration, harsh conditions and inhumane treatment could not imprison the political prisoners' minds, however, and for many the Island became a school not only in politics but an opportunity for dedicated study, formal and informal. It set the young Moseneke on a path towards a law degree that would provide the bedrock for a long and fruitful legal career and see him serve his country in the highest court.My Own Liberator charts Moseneke's rise as one of the country's top legal minds, who not only helped to draft the interim constitution, but for fifteen years acted as a guardian of that constitution for all South Africans, helping to make it a living document for the country and its people. Winner of the Creative Non-Fiction Award at the 2017 South African Literary Awards (SALA), shortlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award, and shortlisted for the 2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Best Non-Fiction: Monograph, this memoir is a testament to the power of perseverance, principle, and the pursuit of justice.

My Own Liberator
Dikgang Moseneke
3h11min15
Biographies
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255 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h11min.
A powerful memoir of activism, dedication, and a life committed to justice and equality in apartheid-era South Africa.‘My Own Liberator spans some eight decades and sheds light on a remarkable and distinguished life as well as on of the history of South Africa and leading figures in changing times to paint a compelling double portrait of the author’s personal life and the history of South Africa’s journey from apartheid to democracy.’ — SALA citation‘The first of a two-part memoir, the former deputy chief justice writes movingly of the many people who influenced him on the road to becoming one of the most respected legal minds in South Africa.’ — Tymon Smith, The Times‘Justice Dikgang Moseneke’s biography, My Own Liberator, is a welcome instalment in the increasing body of African literature and biographies ... Through this book he has allowed us a sneak preview of his still-incomplete life, and this book is recommended for its wit, depth and lucidity.’ — Thami Ka Plaatjie, Sunday Independent Dispatches‘… a beautiful memoir that is simultaneously poignant and enthralling *My Own Liberator charts a life from Pretoria’s version of Sophiatown, Lady Selborne, to Atteridgeville, Robben Island as South Africa’s youngest political prisoner, lawyer, silk and finally after becoming acclaimed one of our most revered jurists ever.’ — Kevin Ritchie, Weekend ArgusIn My Own Liberator, Dikgang Moseneke pays homage to the many people and places that have helped to define and shape him. Tracing his ancestry, the influence on both his maternal and paternal sides is evident in the values they imbued in their children – the importance of family, the value of hard work and education, an uncompromising moral code, compassion for those less fortunate and unflinching refusal to accept an unjust political regime or acknowledge its oppressive laws.As a young activist in the Pan-Africanist Congress, at the tender age of fifteen, Moseneke was arrested, detained and, in 1963, sentenced to ten years on Robben Island for participating in anti-apartheid activities. Physical incarceration, harsh conditions and inhumane treatment could not imprison the political prisoners' minds, however, and for many the Island became a school not only in politics but an opportunity for dedicated study, formal and informal. It set the young Moseneke on a path towards a law degree that would provide the bedrock for a long and fruitful legal career and see him serve his country in the highest court.My Own Liberator charts Moseneke's rise as one of the country's top legal minds, who not only helped to draft the interim constitution, but for fifteen years acted as a guardian of that constitution for all South Africans, helping to make it a living document for the country and its people. Winner of the Creative Non-Fiction Award at the 2017 South African Literary Awards (SALA), shortlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award, and shortlisted for the 2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Best Non-Fiction: Monograph, this memoir is a testament to the power of perseverance, principle, and the pursuit of justice.

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Affiche du document The Innocence of Roast Chicken — The Innocence of Roast Chicken
Jo-Anne Richards
2h08min15
SF et fantasy
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171 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h08min.
The Innocence of Roast Chicken focuses on an Afrikaans/English family in the Eastern Cape and their idyllic life on their grandparents’ farm, seen through the eyes of the little girl, Kate, and the subtle web of relationships that is shattered by a horrifying incident in the mid-1960s. Scenes from Kate’s early life are juxtaposed with Johannesburg in 1989 when Kate, now married to Joe, a human rights lawyer, stands aside from the general euphoria that is gripping the nation. Her despair, both with her marriage and with the national situation, resolutely returns to a brutal incident one Christmas day when Kate was thrust into an awareness of what lay beneath her blissful childhood. Beautifully constructed, The Innocence of Roast Chicken is painful, evocative, beautifully drawn and utterly absorbing.

The Innocence of Roast Chicken
Jo-Anne Richards
2h08min15
SF et fantasy
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171 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h08min.
The Innocence of Roast Chicken focuses on an Afrikaans/English family in the Eastern Cape and their idyllic life on their grandparents’ farm, seen through the eyes of the little girl, Kate, and the subtle web of relationships that is shattered by a horrifying incident in the mid-1960s. Scenes from Kate’s early life are juxtaposed with Johannesburg in 1989 when Kate, now married to Joe, a human rights lawyer, stands aside from the general euphoria that is gripping the nation. Her despair, both with her marriage and with the national situation, resolutely returns to a brutal incident one Christmas day when Kate was thrust into an awareness of what lay beneath her blissful childhood. Beautifully constructed, The Innocence of Roast Chicken is painful, evocative, beautifully drawn and utterly absorbing.

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Affiche du document The Girl with 21 Questions — The Girl with 21 Questions
Boitumelo Mothupi
48min00
Jeunesse - Pour les 6 - 12 ans
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64 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 48min.
Once upon a time there was a girl who loved asking questions. Why? Where? When? How? What? Who?When everyone grew sick and tired of all her questions, the girl decided to search for the answers to all her questions elsewhere – in books! And before long she started telling her own stories…An empowering story about the power of books and stories.Also available in Setswana and Afrikaans.

The Girl with 21 Questions
Boitumelo Mothupi
48min00
Jeunesse - Pour les 6 - 12 ans
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64 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 48min.
Once upon a time there was a girl who loved asking questions. Why? Where? When? How? What? Who?When everyone grew sick and tired of all her questions, the girl decided to search for the answers to all her questions elsewhere – in books! And before long she started telling her own stories…An empowering story about the power of books and stories.Also available in Setswana and Afrikaans.

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Affiche du document Michael K — Michael K
Nthikeng Mohlele
1h17min15
SF et fantasy
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103 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h17min.
Bantubonke is an accomplished and revered jazz trumpeter, composer and band leader in decline – an absent present and inadequate spouse. He lives for art at the expense of all else, an imbalance that derails his life and propels him to the brink of madness and despair. A story of direct and implied betrayals, Illumination is an unrelenting study of possession and loss, of the beauty and uncertainty of love, of the dangers and intrusions of fame.

Michael K
Nthikeng Mohlele
1h17min15
SF et fantasy
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103 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h17min.
Bantubonke is an accomplished and revered jazz trumpeter, composer and band leader in decline – an absent present and inadequate spouse. He lives for art at the expense of all else, an imbalance that derails his life and propels him to the brink of madness and despair. A story of direct and implied betrayals, Illumination is an unrelenting study of possession and loss, of the beauty and uncertainty of love, of the dangers and intrusions of fame.

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Affiche du document The Soweto Uprisings — The Soweto Uprisings
Sifiso Ndlovu
1h27min00
Politique
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116 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h27min.
When the Soweto uprisings of June 1976 took place, Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu, the author of this book, was a 14-year-old pupil at Phefeni Junior Secondary School. With his classmates, he was among the active participants in the protest action against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. Contrary to the generally accepted views, both that the uprisings were ‘spontaneous’ and that there were bigger political players and student organisations behind the uprisings, Sifiso’s book shows that this was not the case. Using newspaper articles, interviews with former fellow pupils and through his own personal account, Sifiso provides us with a ‘counter-memory’ of the momentous events of that time. This is an updated version of the book first published by Ravan Press in 1998. New material has been added, including an introduction to the new edition, as well as two new chapters analyzing the historiography of the uprisings as well as reflecting on memory and commemoration as social, cultural and historical projects.

The Soweto Uprisings
Sifiso Ndlovu
1h27min00
Politique
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116 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h27min.
When the Soweto uprisings of June 1976 took place, Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu, the author of this book, was a 14-year-old pupil at Phefeni Junior Secondary School. With his classmates, he was among the active participants in the protest action against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. Contrary to the generally accepted views, both that the uprisings were ‘spontaneous’ and that there were bigger political players and student organisations behind the uprisings, Sifiso’s book shows that this was not the case. Using newspaper articles, interviews with former fellow pupils and through his own personal account, Sifiso provides us with a ‘counter-memory’ of the momentous events of that time. This is an updated version of the book first published by Ravan Press in 1998. New material has been added, including an introduction to the new edition, as well as two new chapters analyzing the historiography of the uprisings as well as reflecting on memory and commemoration as social, cultural and historical projects.

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Affiche du document You are Loved — You are Loved
Refiloe Moahloli
51min00
Poésie
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68 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 51min.
Athandwa's heart sings a unique song, one that sets her apart from family and friends. At first, the melody frightens her, but when she tries to silence it, a secret is revealed.In You are Loved, author Refiloe Moahloli weaves a lyrical tale of self-acceptance and the power of intergenerational love. As Athandwa discovers that Mama, Gogo, and Koko also know her special song, she learns to embrace the things that make her unique.This heartwarming South African children's picture book celebrates the bonds between mothers and daughters, the wisdom passed down through generations, and the courage to let one's true self shine. With its themes of friendship, family, and acceptance, You are Loved is a touching reminder that every child is cherished for who they are.

You are Loved
Refiloe Moahloli
51min00
Poésie
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68 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 51min.
Athandwa's heart sings a unique song, one that sets her apart from family and friends. At first, the melody frightens her, but when she tries to silence it, a secret is revealed.In You are Loved, author Refiloe Moahloli weaves a lyrical tale of self-acceptance and the power of intergenerational love. As Athandwa discovers that Mama, Gogo, and Koko also know her special song, she learns to embrace the things that make her unique.This heartwarming South African children's picture book celebrates the bonds between mothers and daughters, the wisdom passed down through generations, and the courage to let one's true self shine. With its themes of friendship, family, and acceptance, You are Loved is a touching reminder that every child is cherished for who they are.

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