Books from Jacana Media
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With the Lid Off: South African Insights from Home and Abroad 1959-2000
By Todd Matshikiza, John MatshikizaThat first production of King Kong had the benefit of a wonderful , passionate and compassionate director in Leon Gluckman - one of the few professionals involved , along with the composer and the choreographer .
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Ystervarkrivier: A Slice of Life
By Andy CapostagnoA delightful collection of humorous stories, this book is set in the mythical village of Ystervarkrivier—ystervark means "porcupine" in Afrikaans—a forgotten outpost of the Drakeniqua Municipality, somewhere in South Africa.
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First President: A Life of John Dube, Founding President of the ANC
By Heather HughesCape Native Voters' Association 243 Carnegie, Andrew 70 Catholic African Union 237 Cele, Bryant 94, 106 Cele, Elka 183 Cele, Mabhelubhelu 82–4 Cele, Madikane 7, 82–3, 94, 121, 122, 124–5, 130 Cele, Qandeyana 84, 115, ...
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Sappi What's in a Name: The Meanings of the Botanical Names of Trees
By Hugh F. GlenCunninghamia - after James Cunningham ( d . 1709 ) , English East India Company surgeon at Amoy , China , who sent many plants home between 1686 and 1702 . cunninghamianus / -a / -um - after Allan Cunningham ( 1791-1839 ) , or his ...
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Johannesburg Portraits: From Lionel Phillips to Sibongile Khumalo
By Mike AlfredTells the story of Johannesburg's geography; its economic, political, and social history; and its vibrant personality through the lives of prominent Johannesburg citizens.
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The Unlikely Secret Agent
By Ronald Kasrils, Ronnie KasrilsRonnie Kasrils tells her story with humility and a pride that the reader can only share.' – John le Carré 'Secret acts of great bravery by hundreds of heroic men and women overthrew apartheid – not brilliant secret negotiating, ...
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Rivonia's Children: Three Families and the Cost of Conscience in White South Africa
By Glenn Frankel13 13 15 17 18 18 18 18 19 19 21 21 22 Failed, editedby Richard Crossman(NewYork:Harper&Row,1963), p. ... Politics in South Africa 1882-1964, edited by Thomas Karis and Gwendolyn M. Carter (Stanford: Hoover University Press, 1977), pp.
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Rights to Land: A Guide to Tenure Upgrading and Restitution in South Africa
By William Beinart, Peter Delius, Michelle HayThis book seeks to understand the issues around land rights and distribution of land in South Africa and proposes that new policies and processes should be developed and adopted.
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A Week in the Kitchen
By Karen DudleyThis gorgeous book gives everyone a glimpse into one week of The Kitchen, where menus change daily and South African twists on Mediterranean and Oriental tastes promise clean, natural flavours undisguised by rich sauces.
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Beat about the Bush: Birds
By Trevor Carnaby... Sir CF 1876 - 1970 Australian Bird-watcher Slender-billed prion (P. belcheri) Bennett, Dr Edward 1797 - 1836 English Zoologist Bennett's woodpecker (C. bennettii) Bergius, Carl Heinrich 1790 - 1818 Russian Botanist / pharmacist ...
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Spiral of Entrapment: Abused Women in Conflict with the Law
By Hallie Ludsin, Lisa Vetten108 See Mathews , S and Abrahams , N ( 2001 ) op cit at 26 . ... YJ , with Peters , R and De Sa , C ( 2000 ) " More than simply a refuge : Shelters for abused women in South Africa " in Yoon Jung Park , Joanne Fedler and Zubeda Dangor ...
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The Travelling Rabbi: My African Tribe
By Moshe Silberhaft, Suzanne BellingEnoch Mankayi Sontonga (1872–1905), original composer of NkosiSikelel' iAfrika, South Africa's national anthem, hailed from Uitenhage. The Jewish community of Uitenhage, although small, was once vibrant with its own synagogue, but, ...
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Blood Money: The Cyril Karabus Story
By Suzanne BellingIt was dusk in Cape Town and a pleasant wintryeveningwhen Bags decided to take a stroll down to the chambers of his brotherinlaw, advocate Michael Crowe. He was carrying his lawyer's briefcase, was dressed in ... 'I'm going tobe mugged!
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San Rock Art
By J. David Lewis-Williams... 52, 53, 54, 69, 105, 124 Maggs, Tim 42 Maloti Mountains 31, 51, 55, 66, 104 Mapote 125–6, 130, 134–5 Marshall family 59 Marshall, John 59, 134 Marshall, Lorna 70 Mbeki, Thabo 7, 17, 27, 136 medicine song 132 mythology 46 Namibia 27, ...
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The Quiet Diplomacy of Liberation: International Politics and South Africa's Transition
By Chris LandsbergRight - wingers , Janusz Walus and Clive Derby - Lewis assassinated Chris Hani , the SACP General Secretary , on 10 April 1993. The two assassins had had long associations with reactionary groups overseas . After the disintegration of ...
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Trees and Shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park
By Ernst Schmidt, Mervyn Lotter, Warren McCleland... White River , MP Burns , Shane - Carino , MP Müller , Johan & Marietha - Kiepersol , MP Charlton , Val – Valyland ... Cecil & Paddy - Lydenburg , MP Fripp , Charlie & Maureen - Elandsvalley , MP Schultz , Quentin J. - Lydenburg ...
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Claim to the Country: The Archive of Lucy Lloyd and Wilhelm Bleek
By Pippa Skotnes, Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel BleekConsists of all the notebook pages, watercolours and drawings that comprise the bulk of the Lucy Lloyd and Wilhelm Bleek /Xam and !Kun (Bushmen) archive, with photographs, documents, letters and notes, as well as contextualizing essays and ...
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Catching Tadpoles: Shaping of a Young Rebel
By Ronnie KarilsI learned a great deal about the art of film-making from the senior scriptwriter, Lee Marcus, who was also a playwright, and a FrenchCanadian named Madeleine Anderson, who soon became a friend. She was funky and cool and wore a large ...
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Coming Back to Earth: South Africa's Changing Environment
By James Clarke, David Holt-Biddle34. Now incorporated into the Eastern Cape . 35. Huntley , B , Siegfried , R and Sunter , C : South African Environments into the 21st Century . Cape Town : Human & Rousseau Tafelberg , 1988 . 36. Panoscope , July 1990 . 37. Hoffman ...
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Alex la Guma: A Literary & Political Biography
By Blanche La Guma, Martin KlammerIngle, S. 1979. ... Colonial South Africa and the Origins of the Racial Order. Cape Town: David Philip. ... 'Mourning and its Relation to Manic-Depressive States', in Mitchell, J. (ed.), pp. 146-74. — 1946.