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NEW ARRIVALS
June 2008


 

AIDS and Human Rights Research Unit HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTED?, nine southern African country reports on HIV, AIDS and the law, 425 pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007.

  R220
  Charts the extent to which human rights are protected in the legal systems of nine southern African states with very high HIV prevalence rates: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The AIDS and Human Rights Research Unit is an initiative of the Centre for the Study of AIDS (CSA) and the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria.
 

Alexander (A.) ed. ARTICULATIONS, a Harold Wolpe Memorial Lecture collection, 334 pp., paperback, Durban, 2006.

  R295
  A collection of sixteen of the lectures presented in the Harold Wolpe Memorial Public Lecture Series. Also includes reviews of the lectures by activists and academics.

Includes "Fanon, Marx, and the New Reality of the Nation: black political empowerment and the challenge of a new humanism in South Africa" by Nigel Gibson,
"Keeping it in Their Pants: politicians, men, and sexual assault in South Africa" by Charlene Smith,
"Democracy and the Importance of Criticism, Dissent, and Public Dialogue" by William Mervin Gumede,
"An Incomplete Freedom: the state of the media ten years into democracy" by Ferial Haffajee,
"Slow Delivery in South Africa's Land Reform Programme: the property clause revisited" by Lungisile Ntsebeza, and
"Ten Years of Democracy: a review" by Patrick Bond.
 

Benningfield (J.) THE FRIGHTENED LAND, land, landscape and politics in South Africa in the twentieth century, 254 pp., maps, illus., paperback, London & New York, 2006.

  R325
  "This book investigates the consequences for the imagination and meaning of the land of the spatial politics of separation and division in South Africa principally during the apartheid years."

Architect Jennifer Benningfield is founding principal of Openstudio Architects and divides her time between London and Johannesburg.
 

Berry (H.) et. al. text & van Schalkwyk (P.) et. al. photo. ETOSHA 100, celebrating a hundred years of conservation, 177 pp., 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2007.

  R275
  Traces the geological evolution, history and development of Etosha National Park in Namibia.
 

Bhengu (M.J.) UBUNTU, the global philosophy for humankind, 268 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006.

  R200
  Mfuneselwa John Bhengu demonstrates how the African philosophy of Ubuntu offers a value-based model for economic, social and political development in Africa and the world.
 

Boehmer (E.) NILE BABY, , 265 pp., paperback, Banbury, 2008.

  R215
  "Magnificent: an important and moving story about the deeply embedded presences of Africa in England today" Zoë Wicomb

Elleke Boehmer is Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford. Her previous novels are "Screens Against the Sky", "An Immaculate Figure" and "Bloodlines". She is also the author of "Colonial and Postcolonial Literature: migrant metaphors", "Empire, the National and the Postcolonial, 1890-1920" and "Stories of Women".
 

Cullinan (P.) ESCARPMENTS, poems 1973 - 2007, 111 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

  R130
  Award-winning poet and writer Patrick Cullinan was born in Pretoria in 1932. With Lionel Abrahams he founded the literary journal, "The Bloody Horse", and the Bateleur Press. He lectured in the English Department of the University of the Western Cape between 1982 and 1992. His poetry collections include "The Horizon Forty Miles Away" (1973), "Today Is Not Different" (1978), "The White Hail in the Orchard" (1984), "Selected Poems 1961-1991" (1992) and "Transformations" (1999).
 

Currey (J.) AFRICA WRITES BACK, the African Writers Series and the launch of African literature, 318 pp., illus., paperback, Oxford, etc., 2008.

  R190
  Publisher James Currey's history of the African Writers Series, started in 1962 with Chinua Achebe as its founding editor. Currey focuses on eight writers: Chinue Achebe, Ngugi, Nuruddin Farah, Alex la Guma, Dennis Brutus, Bessie Head, Mazisi Kunene and Damdudzo Marechera, using the publishing archives held at the University of Reading. Many other writers are discussed: Modikwe Dikobe, Luis Bernardo Honwana, Pepetela, Jack Mapanjie, Charles Mungoshi and Ali Mazrui, to name but a few. The book is well illustrated with George Hallett's photographs of authors and book covers (including one of the young Pallo Jordan for the cover of John Munonye's "A Dancer of Fortune").
 

Edkins (D.) & Vehkalahti (I.) STEPS BY STEPS, the making of the "Steps for the Future" documentary series, 220 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, South Africa, 2008.

  R165
  Details the proces of making the 38 award-winning films for the "Steps for the Future" documentary film project, which deals with the problem of HIV and AIDS in southern Africa. Includes a 200 minute DVD with eight of the films.
 

Erasmus (B.) CHAMELEON, , 204 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

  R140
  A crime novel by Barbara Erasmus. She is also the author of "Kaleidescope" and "Even with Insects". "Chameleon" was first published in installments as the Crime Beat Blook. Crime Beat, at crimebeat.book.co.za, aims to promote the crime genre in southern Africa.
 

Faber (P.), Rassool (C.) & Witz (L.) SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILY STORIES, reflections on an experiment in exhibition making, 118 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Amsterdam, 2007.

  R360
  The exhibition, 'Group Portrait South Africa: nine family histories' opened in 2002 in the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam. It was also shown in the National Cultural History Museum in Pretoria between 2003 and 2007. An imaginative presentation was created by a number of South Africans in co-operation with nine selected families: the Juggernath, Galada, Manuel, Le Fleur, Steyn, Plaatje, Rathebe, Nunn and Mthethwa families South African artists Willie Bester, Sam Nhlengetwa, Penny Siopis, Andrew Verster, Berni Searle and Claudette Schreuders, amongst others, and photographers like David Goldblatt, Ruth Motau, Roger van Wyk, George Hallett, Lien Botha and Jurgen Schadeburg worked with the researchers and organisers. The Tropenmuseum exhibition was curated by Paul Faber.

Contents include "Making the 'Family Stories' exhibition" by Paul Faber, and "Making South Africa in the Netherlands", a critical essay by Ciraj Rassool and Leslie Witz.
 

Farber (Y.) THEATRE AS WITNESS, three testimonial plays from South Africa, in collaboration with and based on the lives of the original performers, 238 pp., paperback, London, 2008.

  R196
  Foreword by Desmond Tutu. Introduction by Amanda Stuart Fisher.

The three plays are: "A Woman in Waiting", based on the life of Thembi Mtshali-Jones,
"Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise", based on the lives of Tshallo Chokwe, Roelf Matlala, Bongeka Mpongwana, Philip 'Tipo' Tindisa and Jabulile Thsabalala, and
"He Left Quietly", based on the life of Duma Kumalo, one of the Sharpville Six.

Includes an interview between Amanda Stuart Fisher and Yael Farber.
 

Francis (S.) & Rico BRING ME MY (NEW) WASHING MACHINE!, , 176 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007.

  R130
  A collection of "Madam & Eve" cartoon strips that appear in numerous South African newspapers.
 

Govender (R.) IN THE MANURE, memories and reflections, 222 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

  R162
  Writer and playwright Ronnie Govender is the author of 15 plays including "The Lahnee's Pleasure" and "At the Edge", a collection of short stories called "At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories" and the novel "Song of the Atman".
In these memoirs he looks back on his childhood in Cato Manor, Durban, and his experiences in journalism, teaching and the theatre.
 

Habib (A.) & Bentley (K.) eds. RACIAL REDRESS & CITIZENSHIP, in South Africa, 369 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

  R180
  Contents include "Counting on 'Race': what the surveys say (and do not say) about 'race' and redress" by Steven Friedman and Zimitri Erasmus,
"Affirmative Action in the Public Service" by Mcebisi Ndletyana,
"The Meaning of Racial Redress in South African schools, 1994 to 2006" by Linda Chisholm, and
"Sport For All: exploring the boundaries of sport and citizenship in 'liberated' South Africa" by Ashwin Desai and Dhevarsha Ramjettan.

Adam Habib is the Deputy Vice-Chanvellor, Research, Innovation and Advancement at the University of Johannesburg.
Kristina Bentley is an independent scholar and former Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Governance at the Human Sciences Research Council.
 

Hewitt (R.) STRUCTURE, MEANING & RITUAL, in the narratives of the southern San, 254 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, (1986) 2008.

  R229
  First published in Germany in 1986. Reprinted for the first time with a revised introduction.

Roger Hewitt analyses "the enitre corpus of /Xam narratives found in the Bleek and Lloyd collection, focusing particularly on the cycle of narratives concerning the trickster /Kaggen (Mantis)."
 

Iliffe (J.) AFRICANS, the history of a continent, 365 pp., maps, paperback, Cambridge, (1995) 2007.

  R200
  This book was first published in 1995. In this new edition John Iliffe has added a chapter, "In the Time of AIDS", current to 2006, extensively revised the chapters on prehistory and the Atlantic slave trade, and made other less substantial revisions.

John Iliffe was Professor of African History at the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of St. John's College. He is the author of several books on Africa, including "The African Poor: a history", which was awarded the Herskovits Prize of the African Studies Association of the United States.
 

Kleyn (L.) et. al. (eds.) POMP, 08, 452 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2008.

  R180
  An Afrikanns publication that celebrates literature, journalism, music, architecture, film, photography and art.

Articles include "Koos du Plessis, nagspel met woorde" by Andries Bezuidenhout,
"Elize Botha, 'n huldeblyk" by Joan Hambidge,
"Konkrete poësie", with poems by Jan du Plessis, Hennie Meyer and Adolph van Coller,
"Afrikaanse Stripkuns" by Daniel du Plessis,
"Woedend oor Boekontwerp in Suid-Afrika" by Daniël and Tienie du Plessis, and much more.

Text in Afrikaans.
 

Knott-Craig (A.) DON'T PANIC!, a book by South Africans, for South Africans, 96 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2008.

  R50
  A collection of positive messages from South Africans, including Alan Knott-Craig, Arthur Goldstuck, Achmat Dangor, Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein, John Robbie and Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu.
 

Kollenberg (A.) & Norwich (R.) JEWISH LIFE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRY COMMUNITIES, volume III: Camdeboo, Cape Midlands, Garden Route, Langekloof, Little Karoo, North-Eastern Cape, Overberg, Settler Country, Transkei, Griqualand East, 500 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007.

  R530
  Foreword by Marcia Leveson. Researched by The South African Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth.

Documents the history of Jewish settlement in 70 towns in the Eastern Cape: the contribution of German immigrants around Graaff-Reinet, the influx of Eastern European Jewry in the 1880s, the industries started in the Ciskei and the eastern Cape, the Jewish involvement with indigenous communities in the Transkei, and more.
 

Limb (P.) NELSON MANDELA, a biography, 144 pp., hardback, Westport, 2008.

  R282
  Peter Limb is Africana bibliographer and associate professor (adjunct) of history at Michigan State University.
 

Monsoon (J.) STARS, BARS & GUITARS, a journey in South African music, 158 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

  R170
  Music critic and DJ Jon Monsoon on South African music and musicians, including Johnny Clegg and Savuka, Prophets of Da City, Boo!, Springbok Nude Girls, Fokofpolisiekar, Freshlyground and Taxi Violence.
 

Moyo (S.) AFRICAN LAND QUESTIONS, AGRARIAN TRANSITIONS AND THE STATE, contradictions of neo-liberal land reforms, 159 pp., illus., paperback, Dakar, 2008.

  R140
  Published in the CODESRIA Working Paper Series.
 

Neocosmos (M.) FROM "FOREIGN NATIVES" TO "NATIVE FOREIGNERS", explaining xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa: citizenship and nationalism, identity and politics, 150 pp., paperback, Dakar, 2006.

  R125
  Published in the CODESRIA Monograph Series. This work is a product of the CODESRIA Comparative Research Network on Globalisation, Citizenship,
 

Rattray (D.) THE DAY OF THE DEAD MOON, the story of the Anglo-Zulu War 1879, approx. 338 minutes runnning time, DVDs, Rorke's Drift, 1997.

  R495
  A set of 5 CDs, written and narrated by David Rattray:
Preamble to the Battle of Isandlwana
The Battle of Isandlwana
Chelmsford's Story and the Events at Fugitive's Drift
Rorke's Drift
Ulundi - the final chapter

An expert on the Anglo-Zulu war, David Rattray's Fugitive's Drift Lodge near Rorke's Drift and his battlefield tours were legendary. He was murdered at Fugutive's Drift in 2007.
 

Riefenstahl (L.) text & photo. THE LAST OF THE NUBA, , 208 pp., 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., New York, 1974.

  R850
  From 1962 to 1972, often for several months at a time, Leni Riefenstahl lived with the Mesakin Nuba of the Kordofan in the Sudan, recording their everyday lives, rituals and traditions.

German actress, film director and photographer Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) made two award-winning films, "Triumph of the Will", on the 1934 Reich Party Congress in Nuremberg, and "Olympia", on the 1936 Olympic Games. She is also the author of "The Nuba of Kau" and two books of underwater photography.
 

Swanepoel (N.), Esterhuysen (A.) & Bonner (P.) eds. FIVE HUNDRED YEARS REDISCOVERED, southern African precedents and prospects, "500 Year Initiative", conference proceedings, 284 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2008.

  R250
 
In 2006 a group of archaeologists and historians became involved in the "500 Year Initiative" (FYI), which aims to re-examine the last 500 years and so broaden current perceptions about southern Africa's colonial past. This book is a collection of papers presented at their 2007 conference.

Contributions include "South Africa in Africa More than Five Hundred Years Ago: some questions" by Neil Parsons,
"Towards an Outline of the Oral Geography, Historical Identity and Political Economy of the Late Precolonial Tswana in the Rustenburg Region" by Simon Hall, Mark Anderson, Jan Boeyens and Francois Coetzee,
"Historical Archaeologies of Southern Africa: precedents and prospects" by Joanna Behrens and Natalie Swanepoel,
"Swazi Oral Tradition and Northern Nguni Historical Archaeology" by Philip Bonner,
"Post-European Contact Glass Beads From the Southern African Interior: a tentative look at trade, consumption and identities" by Marilee Wood,
"Revisiting Bokoni: populating the Stone Ruins of the Mpumalanga Escarpment" by P.Delius and M.H.Schoeman, and
"Mfecane Mutation in Central Africa: a comparison of the Makololo and the Ngoni in Zambia, 1830s-1898" by Ackson Kanduza.

Natalie Swanepoel is an archaeologist at the University of South Africa.
Amanda Esterhuysen is an archaeologist at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Philip Bonner is a historian at the University of the Witwatersrand.
 

Trotter (H.) SUGAR GIRLS & SEAMEN, a journey into the world of dockside prostitution in South Africa , 242 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2008.

  R165
  Based on fifteen months of research at seamen's nightclubs, plus interviews with prostitutes, sailors, club owners, bouncers and barmaids in Cape Town and Durban.

Henry Trotter is a doctoral student of African history at Yale University currently researching his dissertation on the port culture of South Africa. He now lives in Cape Town.
 

Tyrrell (B.) TRIBAL PEOPLES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, , 206 pp., 4to., map, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1968.

  R850
  Artist Barbara Tyrrell travelled around for seventeen years recording the traditions, customs and traditional dress of the peoples of southern Africa. Her text is accompanied by her detailed drawings and paintings.
 

Tyrrell (B.) text & illus., & Jurgens (P.) text AFRICAN HERITAGE, , 276 pp., map, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, (1983) 1986.

  R550
  Examines the traditional beliefs, customs and rituals of the different tribes of southern Africa, illustrated with Barbara Tyrrell's detailed drawings and paintings.
 

van der Spuy (E.), Parmentier (S.) & Dissel (A.) (eds.) RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, politics, policies and prospects, 271 pp., paperback, Cape Town, (2007) 2008.

  R360
  First published as Acta Juridica 2007.

A selection of papers presented at an international conference entitled "The Politics of Restorative Justice in South Africa and Beyond", held near Cape Town in 2006.

Contributions include "Development, Social Justice and Global Governance: challenges to implementing restorative and criminal justice reform in South Africa" by Tony Roshan Samara,
"Exploring the Impact of Gated Communities on Social and Spatial Justice and its Relation to Restorative Justice and Peace-Building in South Africa" by Karina Landman,
"Back to the Future in South African Security: from intentions to effective mechanisms" by Clifford Shearing and Don Foster, and
"Tapping Indigenous Knowledge: traditional conflict resolution, restorative justice and the denunciation of crime in South Africa" by Ann Skelton.

Elrena van der Spuy is Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Cape Town.
Stephan Parmentier is Professor of Sociology of Law, Crime and Human Rights, Catholic University of Leuven.
Amanda Dissel is Criminal Justice Programme Manager at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Johannesburg.
 

Venter (A.J.) HOW SOUTH AFRICA BUILT SIX ATOM BOMBS, and then abandoned its nuclear weapons program, 233 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2008.

  R250
  An account of how the apartheid South African government built nuclear weapons.

Journalist and writer Al Venter is the author of thirty-five books, including "War in Angola", "Africa at War", "The Chopper War: helicopter warfare in Africa" and "Coloured: profile of two million South Africans".