Books from Jacana Media
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Freedom Never Rests: A Novel of Democracy in South Africa
By James William KilgoreThis novel centers around an engaging and tragic couple: an unemployed ex-shop steward and revolutionary, Monwabisi Radebe, and his wife, Constantia, a former nursery school aide turned local councilor in the fictional Eastern Cape township ...
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One Law, One Nation: The Making of the South African Constitution
By Lauren Segal, Sharon CortCharts the story of the long fight for constitutional rights in South Africa and the obstacles and complexity the lay behind the constitution-making process after 1990.
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The Story of Lucky Simelane: A Novel
By Robin MalanHis latest book is The Southern African Impossible Book Quiz Book !. His novel , 1 based on the life of John Keats , Rebel Angel is due to be published in 2005 . SOUTH. ISBN 1-77009-091-6 JACANA PROUDLY AFRICAN 9 " 781770 " 090910 ...
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Unbridled: A Novel
By Jude DibiaA somewhat regular village girl of exquisite beauty, Ngozi Akachi is haunted by the strange storm that ravages her village on the night of her birth, a story her mother...
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Uranium Road: Questioning South Africa's Nuclear Direction
By David FigProviding rare insights into the history of South Africa's secretive nuclear industry, this book explains how South Africa turned to the development of a nuclear program and weapons of mass destruction as a result of its abundance of ...
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Spearheading Debate: Culture Wars & Uneasy Truces
By Steven C. DubinAs South Africa’s democracy matures, this book raises pertinent questions: How does the state mediate between traditional tribal authority and constitutional law in matters such as initiation customs or the rights of women, children, and ...
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Choose Life (Zambia)
1967 Nobel Prize winner George Wald, whom is best known for his work with retinal pigmentation, delivers a speech entitled, "Choose Life," in which he discusses the politics of pollution, the religion of the scientist, and the awesomeness ...
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Hyena Nights & Kalahari Days
By M. G. L. Mills, Margie MillsIn the Kalahari brown hyenas mainly use shepherd's trees as latrine sites and, inexplicably, almost always deposit their faeces on the south side of a tree. Spotted hyenas hardly ever use any kind of tree and their latrines are ...
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Beat about the Bush: Mammals
By Trevor CarnabyFilling the gap between basic mammal guides and extensive academic texts, this resource answers everyday questions about mammals in an understandable fashion that will appeal to tourists, bush enthusiasts, and field guides.
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International Brigade Against Apartheid: Secrets of the War That Liberated South Africa
By Ronnie KasrilsThis book reads like a war-time thriller.
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Catching Tadpoles: Shaping of a Young Rebel
By Ronnie KasrilsThis is a challenging and fascinating conundrum but Kasrils will claim he is no aberration of history.
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Khalil's Journey
By Ashraf KageeNevertheless, just as Khalil's birth was an event discussed at length by the aunties of the neighborhood, at the end of his life, Khalil realizes his life's journey contains many memorable moments.
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Endings & Beginnings: A Story of Healing
By Redi Tlhabi'Endings & Beginnings' is Tlhabi's emotional journey back into her past to finally humanise this man whose hollowness mirrored her own and who was hated and abhorred by so many when he was alive.
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Hidden Wonders: The Small 5005 of Southern Africa, Insects, Spiders, Frogs, Reptiles
By Rael LoonCelebrating the forgotten inhabitants of the African savannah, this photographic masterpiece highlights and describes the diversity of species and makes the smaller, overlooked creatures as exciting to observe as their...
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The Guide's Guide to Guiding
By Garth ThompsonAimed at informing and educating on wildlife guiding in Africa' s many diverse parks and safari areas, this resource provides aspiring navigators with complete information on the necessary qualifications and requirements to gain access to ...
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O'Mandingo!: The Only Black at a Dinner Party
By Eric MiyeniWhich means, sorry, I speak French. Do you speak English? Instead of Desolè, je ne parle pas Francais. Parlez-vous Anglais? Which means: sorry, I DON'T speak French, do you speak English? She gets me though and says, okay, speak English ...
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The Light Holds: Poems
By Harvey ShapiroA celebrated poet writes on the hidden beauty of American cities.
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Plague, Pox and Pandemics
By Howard Phillips, Phillips. H.Over the last decades, we have seen more than three dozen new infectious diseases appear, some of which could kill millions of people with one or two unlucky gene mutations or one or two unfavourable environmental changes.
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The Founders: The Origins of the ANC and the Struggle for Democracy in South Africa
By André OdendaalThe African National Congress was founded a hundred years ago, in January 1912.