Clarke's Books

NEW ARRIVALS
February 2007

Coovadia (I.) GREEN-EYED THIEVES, , 208 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R125

Imraan Coovadia was born in Durban. His first novel, "The Wedding", was runner-up for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize.

Cronin (J.) MORE THAN A CASUAL CONTACT, , 64 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R100

Poet Jeremy Cronin is a Member of Parliament and deputy secretary general of the South African Communist Party. His previous collections are "Inside", which reflects on his seven years in prison, and "Even the Dead" and "Inside and Out".

de Waal (S.) & Manion (A.) eds. PRIDE, protest and celebration, 176 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

	R145

An account of South Africa's gay and lesbian Pride marches from 1990 to the present, including testimonies, press clippings, photos, and much more.

Foreword by Edwin Cameron.

du Plessis (K.) ERFDEEL, , 269 pp., illus., paperback, Stellenbosch, (2004) 2005.

	R190

A complete collection of the lyrics and poetry of Afrikaans musician and poet Koos du Plessis (1945 - 1984), together with biographical notes, photographs and explanations of the origins of some of his most well-known songs.

Fick (D.) AFRICA, continent of economic opportunities, 511 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

	R380

Presents various case studies to show how businesses in Africa are succeeding despite the social and economic challenges.

Entrepreneur David Fick spent 6 years searching throughout Africa for projects and business opportunities beneficial to Africans and their trading and business partners around the world.

Fourie (P.) THE POLITICAL MANAGEMENT OF HIV AND AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA, one burden too many?, 240 pp., paperback, Basingstoke, 2006.

	R195

Reviews the responses of the National Party and the Mandela and Mbeki governments to the South African AIDS epidemic and explains why the response has failed.

Peter Fourie teaches politics at the University of Johannesburg and is involved in a number of AIDS projects in southern Africa. In 2003-2004 he worked for UNAIDS in London as a researcher on a project regarding the impact of AIDS in southern Africa over the next 20 years.

Gasa (N.) ed. WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY, basus'iimbokodo, bawel'imilambo/ they remove boulders and cross rivers , 458 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007.

	R190

A rewriting of South Africa's history from a feminist perspective.

Contributions include "Not a Nongqawuse Story: an anti-heroine in historical perspective" by Helen Bradford,
"Women and Gender in the South African War, 1899-1902" by Elizabeth van Heyningen,
"Testimonies and Transitions: women negotiating the rural and urban in the mid-20th century" by Luli Callinicos,
"Women in the ANC-led Underground" by Raymond Suttner,
"'Another Mother for Peace': women and peace building in South Africa, 1983-2003" by Jacklyn Cock,
"'We Were Not Afraid': the role of women in the 1980s' township uprising in the Eastern Cape" by Janet Cherry,
"'Loving in a Time of Hopelessness': on township women's subjectivities in a time of HIV/AIDS" by Nthaniseng Motsemme
and "Feminisms, Motherisms, Patriarchies and Women's Voices in the 1950s" by Nomboniso Gasa.

Includes the CD-Rom.

Gqubule (D.) ed. MAKING MISTAKES, RIGHTING WRONGS, insights into Black Economic Empowerment, 251 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

	R190

Foreword by Dr Mahathir, former Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Contributions include "The True Meaning of Black Economic Empowerment" and "A Macro-Economic Overview" by Duma Gqubule, "Skills Development, empowerment from below? An education, training and employment perspective 1994-2004" by Andr� Kraak,
"Employment and the Labour Market" by Muzi Maziya
and "The Black Middle Class, the challenges of joining two economies" by Sean Muller.

Editor Duma Gqubule is a financial journalist.

Grant (R.) THE WAH-WAH DIARIES, the making of a film, 264 pp., colour illus., paperback, 2006, London.

	R135

Well known actor Richard Grant wrote and directed "Wah-Wah" based on his childhood in Swaziland

Harrison (R.) THE BLACK CHRIST, a journey to freedom, 180 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R130

Foreword by Dr Albertina Luthuli. Introduction by Marilyn Martin.

In his oil painting, "The Black Christ", unveiled in Cape Town in 1962, artist Ronald Harrison portrayed Chief Albert Luthuli as Christ and modelled the two centurions on John Vorster and Hendrick Verwoerd. This is Harrison's account of the context in which the painting was made, the state's response and his subsequent imprisonment, torture and harrassment, the banned painting's tour abroad and it's return to South Africa more than 30 years later. It is now in the permanent collection of the Iziko South African National Gallery.

Hirson (D.) WHITE SCARS, on reading and rites of passage, 197 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

	R155

Denis Hirson discusses four books which influenced him at important times in his life: "Shooting at Sharpville" by Ambrose Reeves, "Die Ysterkoei Moet Sweet" by Breyten Breytenbach, "In a Marine Light" by Raymond Carver and "Je me souviens" by George Perec.

Hirson is the author if "The House Next Door to Africa", "I Rembember King Kong (The Boxer)" and "We Walk Straight So You Better Get Out the Way".

Hlongwane (K.), Ndlovu (S.) & Mutloatse (M.) eds. SOWETO '76, reflections on the liberation struggles, commemorating the 30th anniversary of June 16, 1976., 238 pp., oblong 4to., map, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

	R225

Includes poetry by Mongane Wally Serote, Steve Jacobs, Sipho Sepamla, James Matthews, Essop Patel, Chris van Wyk, Keorapetse Kgositsile and others, personal reflections by Robert Berold, Graeme Bloch, John Matshikiza, Khangela Ali Hlongwane, Harry Mashabela, and others, oral testimonies by some of those involved, and freedom songs.

Holland (H.) THE COLOUR OF MURDER, one family's horror exposes a nation's anguish, 270 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

	R110

The story of Sabrina van Schoor who, in 2002, aged 22, had her mother murdered. She is the daughter of Louis van Schoor, a security guard who was convicted in 1991 of murdering at least 90 people.

Journalist Heidi Holland's previous books include "Born in Soweto", "African Magic", "From Jo'burg to Jozi" with Adam Roberts, and "The Struggle: a history of the African National Congress".

Hopkins (P.) text & Hilton-Barber (S.) photo. VOËLVRY, the movement that rocked South Africa, 239 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.


OUT OF PRINT

Based on interviews with participants and observers this book documents the 1989 Vo�lvry tour and the influential social movement that grew out of it. In the 1980s a group of young Afrikaner musicians, including Andr� Letoit (Koos Kombuis), Johannes Kerkorrel en die Gereformeerde Blues Band and Bernoldus Niemand (James Phillips) en die Swart Gevaar, amongst others, decided to use rock music to challenge the status quo and free Afrikaner youth from the strictures of their culture. The two-month long 1989 Vo�lvry tour was organised by Vrye Weekblad and Shifty Records.

Foreword by Max du Preez. Afterword by Koos Kombuis. Includes a DVD produced by Lloyd Ross..

Hutchinson (M.) comp. BO-KAAP, colourful heart of Cape Town, 138 pp., 4to., map, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R140

Covers museums, mosques, kramats, the Tanu Baru Cemetery, slavery, Islam, food (including recipes), musical traditions (including the Coon Carnival), art and culture. Includes profiles of personalities from the neighbourhood and is richly illustrated with old and new photographs.

Khoza (R.J.) LET AFRICA LEAD, African transformational leadership for 21st century business, 306 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

	R236

Foreword by Nelson Mandela.

Seeks to explain how the spirit of African humanism, or Ubuntu, can become part of business ethics.

Businessman Reuel J.Khoza was Chairman of Eskom from 1997 to 2005, and led the transformation of the company. This is his third book.

Kombuis (Koos) DIE DIEPER DORS, 'n innerlike gesprek, 192 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R125

A collection of reflections, essays and poetry witten over the last three years by Koos Kombuis, Afrikaner musician, poet and cultural icon.

Lenta (M.) ed. PARADISE, THE CASTLE AND THE VINEYARD, Lady Anne Barnard's Cape diaries, 311 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

	R180

Lady Anne Barnard lived at the Cape from 1797 to 1802. For the first two years she was the official hostess of the colonial administration. This book is an abridged version of her diaries of the years 1799 and 1800 and is illustrated with her drawings, paintings and handwriting.

Introduction and annotations by Margaret Lenta, an emeritus professor and senior researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She co-edited the two-volume, unabridged "The Cape Diaries of Lady Anne Barnard, 1799-1800", published in 1999 and still available @ R500, as well as "The Cape Journals of Lady Anne Barnard, 1797-1798", which is out of print.

MacDonald (M.) WHY RACE MATTERS IN SOUTH AFRICA, , 245 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006.

	R180

MacDonald demonstrates how, in the new South Africa, the strong white establishment forces the ANC to compromise plans for full political and economic transformation while nurturing a small black elite who come to share the white eilites' economic interests while continuing to identify racially with the still impoverished black majority.

First published in the USA by Harvard University Press.

Michael MacDonald is Professor of Political Science at Williams College, USA.

Maclennan (D.) SELECTED POEMS, , 180 pp., paperback, Johannesburg & Cape Town, 2006.

	R110

A selection of Don Maclennans's poems, from 1971 to the present.

Maharaj (Z.) DANCING TO A DIFFERENT RHYTHM, a memoir, 201 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R140

Zarina Maharaj, the wife of Mac Maharaj, former Minister of Transport, tells of her life in exile while her husband was on Robben Island.

Masire (Q.K.J.) VERY BRAVE OR VERY FOOLISH?, memoirs of an African democrat, 358 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Gaberone, 2006.

	R195

Sir Ketumile Masire played a central role in Botswana's journey to independence. In 1962 he joined Sir Seretse Khama in founding the Botswana Democratic Party. He was Minister of Finance and Development Planning for 14 years, served as Vice-President from 1966 to 1980 and succeeded Sir Seretse Khama as President in 1980. He retired in 1998.

Text edited by Stephen R.Lewis, Jr.

Matthews (J.) CRY RAGE, odyssey of a dissident poet, 362 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2005.

	R175

Foreword by Neville Alexander.

An anthology of James Matthews's poems which includes the books "Cry Rage" (1972), Pass Me a Meatball, Jones" (1977), "No Time for Dreams" (1981), "From Exiles Within" (1986), "Poisoned Wells and Other Delights" (1990), "Flames and Flowers" (2000) , selections from "Black Voice Shout" (1974) and 6 poems not previously published in book form. "Pass Me a Meatball, Jones", banned in 1977, was reissued in 2001 as "Poems from a Prison Cell".

Mgadla (P.T.) & Volz (S.C.) trans. & eds. WORDS OF BATSWANA, letters to "Mahoko a Becwana", 1883-1896, 374 pp., maps, illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2006.

	R250

A selection of letters and articles written for "Mahoko a Becwana" ("News/Words for Batswana"), a Setswana-language newspaper published by missionaries of the London Missionary Society at Kuruman between 1883 and 1896. Most of the writers were members of congregations in what are today South Africa's Northern Cape Province and Northwest Province, although many wrote from further afield. Topics included mission work, theology, standardization of written Setswana, cutural change and colonization. The writings are reproduced in their original Setswana alongside English translations.

Part Themba Mgadla is Associate Professor and Head of the History Department at the University of Botswana. Stephen Volz is Assistant Professor of History at Kenyon College in Ohio.

Mhlope (G.) text & Becker (K.) et. al. (illus.) OUR STORY MAGIC, , 96 pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006.

	R145

A collection of tales for children by storyteller Gcina Mhlope.

Mokhosi (R.) comp. BASADZI VOICES, an anthology of poetic writing by young black South African women, 86 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006.

	R120

Rose Mokhosi started the Young Basadzi poets' group in Durban in 2004, intended as a platform for young women. Later that year she sent out an email calling for young women writers to submit poems for inclusion in a collection. The 13 women included in this anthology, aged between 19 and 29 years, were selected from the responses she received from around the country.

M�ller (P.) NIGHT CROSSING, , 110 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R110

Petra M�ller has published six volumes of prose and five other volumes of poetry, all in Afrikaans. This is her first volume of English poems. In 2005 she was awarded the Hertzog prize for Poetry.

Ntsebeza (L.) DEMOCRACY COMPROMISED, chiefs and the politics of land in South Africa, 326 pp., maps, paperback, CapeTown, 2006.

	R240

Focusing on the history of the chieftaincy in the Xhalanga area of the Eastern Cape, Ntsebeza demonstrates how, despite the role they played under apartheid, traditional authorities in South Africa have not only survived the transition to democracy, but have increased their powers in the rural areas. Ntsebeza explores the link between chieftancy and the land question and shows how control of the land allocation process is central to understanding the "resilience" of these authorities.

Ntsebeza (L.) & Hall (R.) eds. THE LAND QUESTION IN SOUTH AFRICA, the challenge of transformation and redistribution, 256 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007.

	R160

Contributions include "Agrarian Questions of Capital and Labour: some theory about land reform (and a periodisation)" by Henry Bernstein, "The Land Question in Southern Africa: a comparative review" by Sam Moyo, "Transforming Rural South Africa? Taking stock of land reform" by Ruth Hall, "Land Redistribution in South Africa: the property clause revisited" by Lungisile Ntsebeza, "Redistributive Land Reform: for what and for whom?" by Cherryl Walker, "Agrarian Reform and the 'two economies': transforming South Africa's countryside" by Ben Cousins, "Agricultural Land Redistribution in South Africa: towards accelerated implementation" by Rogier van den Brink et. al. & "Struggling for a Life of Dignity" by Mercia Andrews.

Ruth Hall is a researcher at the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape. Lungisile Ntsebeza is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Cape Town.

Nyarota (G.) AGAINST THE GRAIN, memoirs of a Zimbabwean newsman, 352 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R180

The memoirs of independent newspaper editor Geoffrey Nyarota, founding editor of the "Daily News". Nyarota was forced to flee Zimbabwe in 2003 to go into exile in the USA after years of harassment, intimidation, arrest, the bombing of his printing press and, finally, a contract on his life. The book also reads as a history of the first 25 years of the Republic of Zimbabwe and its decline under the Mugabe regime.

Nyarota was a Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, both at Harvard University. He has received nine international journalism awards, including the Golden Pen of Freedom, presented by the World Association of Newspapers, and Unesco's Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Award.

Peires (J.) THE HOLOCAUST AND APARTHEID, a comparison of human rights abuses , 131 pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R195

Based on Juliette Peires's 2004 MA thesis for the University of Cape Town.

Examines the discriminatory legal frameworks in Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa and compares the human rights abuses, social controls, restriction of living areas, disparities in employment, the different groups targeted and differences in the implementation of torture and murder.

Pogrund (B.) HOW CAN MAN DIE BETTER, the life of Robert Sobukwe, 419 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, (1990) 2006.

	R150

Robert Sobukwe, leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress, and journalist Benjamin Pogrund, former Deputy Editor of the Rand Daily Mail, were personal friends and this biography of Sobukwe is also the story of their relationship.

Ribane (N.) BEAUTY, a black perspective, 149 pp., illus., paperback, Pietermartizburg, 2006.

	R165

A journey through South African history and politics from the perspective of the beauty industry.

Nakedi Ribane has been a fashion model, actress, fashion and beauty editor and co-owner of a Black modelling agency.

Stephan (H.), Power (M.), Hervey (A.F.) & Fonseca (R.S.) THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY, a view from the South, 352 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R195

Analyses the economic and political issues that will affect Africa in the new millenium and demonstrates how African states can shape their own global destinies.

Steyn-Barlow (C.) PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED, two decades of scandals, 368 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

	R240

Chris Steyn-Barlow's account of her work as a journalist at the Sunday Tribune, The Citizen, the Rand Daily Mail, The Star, the Cape Times, The Times of London and as editor of the Independent Newspapers Investigative Unit and the political and criminal scandals that she covered: the death of National Party MP John Wiley, the story of renegade policeman Andr� Stander, the campaign to discredit Allan Boesak by exposing his affair with Di Scott, Samora Machel's death in a plane crash, the Westdene bus accident, the visit by a group of Afrikaans academics and politicians to the ANC in East Berlin in 1988, and many more.

Stiebel (L.) & Gunner (L.) eds. STILL BEATING THE DRUM, critical perspectives on Lewis Nkosi, 375 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006.

	R180

Essays include "Lewis Nkosi as Literary Critic" by Annie Gagiano, "Contaminations: BBC Radio and the black artist - Lewis Nkosi's 'The Trial' and 'We Can't All be Martin Luther King'" by Liz Gunner, "An Introduction to the Poetry of Lewis Nkosi" by Litzi Lombardozzi, "Mammon and God: reality, imagination and irony in 'Underground People'" by Andries Oliphant and "The Return of the Native: Lewis Nkosi's 'Mating Birds' revisited in post-apartheid Durban" by Lindy Stiebel. Also includes a 2002 interview with Nkosi conducted by Zo� Molver, a conversation between Nkosi, Nuruddin Farah and Achille Mbembe in 2003 and a retrospective selection of Nkosi's articles from various periods in his career as a literary critic.

Lindy Stiebel is Professor of English at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Liz Gunner is a Fellow of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER).

Stolten (H.E.) ed. HISTORY MAKING AND PRESENT DAY POLITICS, the meaning of collective memory in South Africa, 376 pp., paperback, Uppsala, 2007.

	R230

South African historians and social scientists discuss the importance of history and heritage for the transformation of South African society. Contributions include "Thoughts on South Africa: some preliminary ideas" by Saul Dubow, "New Nation, New History? constructing the past in post-apartheid South Africa" by Colin Bundy, "Truth Rather Than Justice? historical narratives, gender, and public education in South Africa" by Elaine Unterhalter, "From Apartheid to Democracy in South Africa: a reading of dominant discourses of democratic transition" by Thiven Reddy, "The Transformation of Heritage in the New South Africa" & "Four Decades of South African Academic Historical Writing: a personal perspective" by Christopher Saunders, "Building the 'New South Africa': urban space, architectural design, and the disruption of historical memory" by Martin Murray, "Whose Memory - Whose History? the illusion of liberal and radical historical debates" by Bernhard Makhosezwe Magubane, "The Role of Business Under Apartheid: revisiting the debate" by Merle Lipton & "'1922 And All That': facts and the writing of South African political history" by Allison Drew.

Hans Erik Stolten is a historian working at the Centre of African Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

Thompson (J.H.) AN UNPOPULAR WAR, from afkak to bosbefok, voices of South African servicemen, 238 pp., paperback, Cape Town, (2006) 2006.

	R140

Journalist J.H.Thompson interviewed former SANDF soldiers and Special Forces members who did military service in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. Their experiences of the training, border patrols, covert operations, open combat and readjusting to ordinary life are presented in their own words.

Reprinted 7 times in 2006.

Tr�per (U.) THE INVISIBLE WOMAN, Zara Schmelen, African mission assistant at the Cape and in Namaland, 118 pp., 4to., map, illus., paperback, Basel, 2006.

	R195

In 1814 Johann Hinrich Schmelen, a German missionary sent to South Africa by the London Missionary Society, married a young Nama woman named Zara. Zara helped him with translations and in transcribing her language, Khoekhoekowab, into a written form. While today he is recognized as a pioneer in this field, her contribution has remained unacknowledged until now.

Ursula Tr�per is an educator, theologian, literary scholar and historian living and working in Berlin as a freelance journalist and author.

This book is the fourth in the series, "Lives, Legacies, Legends", published by Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Other titles in the series are "S�dwestafrika Jahreberichte 1962-1979 Namibia" and "S�dwester Geschichten am Lagerfeuer erz�hlt" by Ernst Rudolf Scherz @ R285 and R215 respectively and "Kaxumba kaNdola, man and myth, the biography of a barefoot soldier" by Ellen Ndeshi Namhila @ R215

van der Smit (G.D.) DIE EENSAME GRAF BY MOMBOLO, die lewensverhaal van Pieter van der Smit, 329 pp., map, illus., hardback, Pretoria, (1995) 2006.

	R186

George Diederik van der Smit's biography of his grandfather, Pieter van der Smit, based on a collection of diaries, letters and photographs. Pieter van der Smit left the Netherlands for the Transvaal in 1898, where he worked as a teacher. When the Anglo-Boer War broke out he joined the Boeremag. After the English took Pretoria he was deported, but returned to Africa in 1901. He joined a group of Boers living at Humpata in southern Angola, where he met and married Martha Maria Prinsloo, daughter of the Dorslandtrekker, Willem Prinsloo. He died in 1921 and was buried at Mombolo.

Originally published in 1995 under the title "Biografie en Geslagsregister van Pieter van der Smit".

Text in Afrikaans.

van Wyk (C.) SHIRLEY, GOODNESS & MERCY, a childhood memoir, 313 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, (2004) 2005.

	R90

Novelist, short story writer and poet Chris van Wyk was born in Riverlea in 1957 where he still lives. This memoir is about growing up in the coloured townships of Newclare, Coronationville and Riverlea during the apartheid era.
In 1979 he won the Olive Schreiner Award for his collection of poems, "It Is Time to Go Home". In 1977 he was awarded the Sanlam Prize for the best South African short story for a story entitled "Magic".

Villa-Vicencio (C.) & du Toit (F.) eds. TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA, 10 years on, 204 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, (2006) 2007.

	R220

"The TRC: 10 years on", a conference held from 20-21 April 2006, and organised by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, re-examined the TRC and what progress has been made. The book contains an opening essay, "What a Truth Commission Can and Cannot Achieve" by Charles Villa-Vencencio as well as contributions by researchers, activists and government officials tasked with implementing the TRC recommendations, all of whom participated in the conference. Speakers included Emma Bedford, Don Foster, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Deborah Posel, Mochubela Seekoe, Jonathan Shapiro, and many others.

Also includes an edited transcript of the opening public symposium chaired by Tim Modise, with participation from Desmond Tutu, Chairperson of the TRC, Yasmin Sooka, a former Commissioner, and Nohle Mohapi and Thembi Simelane-Nkadimeng who appeared as victims of gross human rights violations at the hearings.

Wilkinson (R.) text & Kragolsen-Kille (A.) photo. BO-KAAP, inside Cape Town's Malay quarter, 159 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R170

Covers the history, architecture, culture, religion, and food of the Bo-Kaap, a neighbourhood on the slopes of Signal Hill in Cape Town. Includes recipes and interviews with residents.

Zapiro DA ZUMA CODE, cartoons from Mail & Guardian, Sunday Times and Independent Newspapers, 160 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

	R120

The annual collection of Jonathan Shapiro's (Zapiro) cartoons, published since 1996.

In 2006 Shapiro won the first Mondi Shanduka Journalist of the Year Award and the first Vodacom Cartoonist of the Year Award.