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Synopsis
An often humorous, generally cheerful, occasionally exasperated
account of a trek through eight African countries, all with British
or South African colonial pasts. At the same time it is a journey
through the characters of those countries, comparing them with one
another, assessing their relative strengths and weaknesses, their
Britishness and their Africanness, and looking at their
post-independence histories through the sceptical and cynical yet
fresh eye of someone born at the time that many of them achieved
independence. The title is a blend of discovery and discomfort,
hope and happiness, establishing finally that even if everybody in
those countries holds a view on most things and none of them knows
what it means to be South African (or, in many cases, that it is
possible to drive to Johannesburg) a South African is, all in all,
a good thing to be.
Product detail
| Imprint |
Umuzi
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| Country of origin |
South Africa |
| Release date |
August 2008 |
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| Authors |
Chris Harvie
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| Dimensions |
231 x 153 x 25mm (L x W x H) |
| Format |
Paperback
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| Pages |
335 |
| ISBN-13 |
978-1-4152-0064-3 |
| Barcode |
9781415200643 |
| Categories |
Travel writing
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| LSN |
1-4152-0064-5 |
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