Tag: South Africa
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Maru by Bessie Head
An orphaned Masarwa girl comes to Dilepe to teach, only to discover that in this remote Botswana village her people are treated as outcasts. In the love story and intrigue that follow, the author’s exploration of racism draws upon her own experiences of growing up in South Africa. Bessie Head’s name sounded familiar when I…
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The New ambitions of New Delhi towards Africa : On India and Africa By Alioune Ndiaye
I have got the privilege to be invited as a panelist on the launch of this very important book. Basically, I had to discuss the book with the author the way I usually do in this blog except that, it was interactive, since I had the author in front of me. I reproduced part of…
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Makeba: My Story by Myriam Makeba
I got interested in this book after watching a documentary called MAMA AFRICA at the Montreal Black Film Festival. I was so stunned by the depth of my lack of knowledge on this lady that i decided to order the book right away. This is her official biography that was written in 1989, so i…
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