Rainbow nation revisited : South Africa's decade of democracy / Donald Woods
- Bib ID:
- 2107575
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Woods, Donald, 1933-2001
- Description:
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- London : Andre Deutsch, 2000
- xiii, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0233998306
- Summary:
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"In Rainbow Nation Revisited Donald Woods casts a critical but affectionate eye over the events that have changed the shape of South Africa in the eyes of the world over the past two decades. He goes back to the Transkei where he was born and to Kimberley where he received most of his early education at the Christian Brothers' College. He revisits Cape Town and the Eastern Cape, a region of spectacular beauty and extraordinary contrast, where he relives his fear and lays the old ghost of the Security Police headquarters. He visits the offices of the Daily Dispatch, sitting again in his old editorial chair and reflecting on past campaigns and controversies and the terrifying events of 1977. He also revisits the townships and walks down memory lane with Steve Biko's family. He talks of the extraordinary personalities he met and befriended, people - such as Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, Archbishop Desrnond Tutu and President Thabo Mbeki - who are known the world over."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Foreword / Lord Attenborough
- 1. Meeting Mr. Mandela
- 2. Heading for Home
- 3. Those Familiar Places
- 4. Down Memory Lane
- 5. That Mighty Mountain
- 6. Crossing the Kei
- 7. Diamond City Days
- 8. Mines and Monuments
- 9. Patterns of Language
- 10. Echoes from Afar
- 11. Time Machine Time
- 12. Some Related Questions
- 13. Changes, Changes, Everywhere
- 14. First Election Day
- 15. Resurgence in Sport
- 16. The Truth Commission
- 17. The Biko Statue
- 18. The Personal Side
- 19. The Down Side
- 20. The Up Side
- 21. Facing the Future.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2071 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2001
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2000
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