Clarke's Books

NEW ARRIVALS
September 2008

Boehmer (E.) NELSON MANDELA, a very short introduction, 204 pp., map, illus., paperback, Oxford, 2008.

	R90

A biography of Nelson Mandela, published in the Very Short Introductions series.

Elleke Boehmer is Professor of World Literature at the University of Oxford. She is the author of "Colonial and Postcolonial Literature: migrant metaphors" (1995), "Empire: the national and the postcolonial" (2002) and "Stories of Women: gender and narrative in the postcolonial nation" (2005). She las also published four novels.

Bolsman (E.) FRENCH FOOTPRINTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, , 260 pp., 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2008.

	R255

A study of the contribution the French have made to all aspects of life in South Africa, from their first visits to the Cape in 1529, through the arrival of the Huguenots in 1688 and 1689, to the present day.

Broster (J.A.) text & Bourn (H.C.) photo. AMAGQIRHA, religion, magic and medicine in Transkei, 126 pp., 4to., map, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1982.

	R850

"In their own words, with the author as their interpreter, the amagqirha describe their calling and discuss the religious, magical and medicinal aspects of their profession."

Joan Broster is also the author of "Red Blanket Valley", "Tembu" and "African Elegance" (with Alice Mertens).

Claassens (A.) & Cousins (B.) LAND, POWER & CUSTOM, controversies generated by South Africa's Communal Land Rights Act, 392 pp., paperback, CD-Rom, Cape Town, 2008.

	R305

A collection of essays that deal with "tenure reform in the former homelands, and the implications for power and gender relations".
"The book includes a CD-Rom containing current and historical legislation affecting communal land and affidavits by rural applicants, state officials and traditional leaders in pending legislation concerning land rights and chiefly power."

Contributions include "Contextualising the Controversies: dilemmas of communal tenure reform in post-apartheid South Africa" and "Characterising 'Communal' Tenure: nested systems and flexible boundaries" by Ben Cousins,
"'Official' vs 'Living' Customary Law: dilemmas of description and recognition" by Tom Bennett,
"Women, Land and Power: the impact of the Communal Land Rights Act" by Annika Claasens and Sizani Ngubane,
"Contested Terrain: land rights and chiefly power in historical perspective" by Peter Delius, and
"Customary Law and Zones of Chiefly Sovereignty: the impact of government policy on whose voices prevail in the making and changing of customary law" by Annika Claasens.

Ben Cousins is a Professor in the School of Government at the University of the Western Cape and the Director of the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (Plaas).
Annika Claasens worked for the Ministry of Land Affairs as a tenure specialist from 1996 to 2000. is currently contracted by the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) to co-ordinate research relating to the Communal Land Rights Act 11 of 2004.

Cocks (C.) OUT OF ACTION, , 278 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, (1999) 2008.

	R270

The reworked and updated edition of "Survival Course", the sequel to "Fireforce - one man's war in the Rhodesian Light Infantry". Chris Cocks recounts his final 16 months of combat in the Rhodesian bush war and his adjustment to life as a civilian in Zimbabwe.

Hardie (W.) dir. SEARCHING FOR MERMAIDS IN THE KAROO, a journey along a mythical trail, 48 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2008.

	R185

A documentary about a road trip from Cape Town through the Karoo following a trail of indigenous stories, sightings, fossils and San rock art relating to a local legend about a Karoo mermaid.

Includes a 35 pp. colour travel guide and a map.

Harvie (C.) DO NOT TAKE THIS ROAD TO EL-KARAMA, , 336 pp., maps, paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

	R170

The account of Chris Harvie's road trip from his home outside the Kruger National Park through Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Uganda.

Chris Harvie is a freelance writer for the Sunday Times and a hotelier in Mpumalanga.

Henderson (G.) CRAZY WORLD, a tribute to Lucky Dube, 231 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, (1997) 2007.

	R148

A biography of Lucky Dube, the world famous South African reggae musician who was shot dead in an attempted car hijacking in 2007, at the age of forty-three.

Hilton-Barber (B.) GARDEN OF MY ANCESTORS, , 200 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, (2007) 2008.

	R130

Bridget Hilton-Barber's story about her family's farm, Kings Walden, outside Tzaneen in Limpopo Province.

Kennedy (K.) text & Adams (E.) photo. SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER, human rights defenders who are changing our world, 260 pp., map, illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

	R210

Kerry Kennedy spent two years interviewing fifty-one people from nearly forty countries, including South Africa's Desmond Tutu and Abubacar Sultan from Mozambique.

"You cannot kill an idea, you cannot imprison freedom. The lives of the commen men and women in this book, heroes every one, inspire all who believe in liberty and justice. This book is a tribute to the human spirit and proof of the capacity of one person of courage to triumph over overwhelming evil". Nelson Mandela

le Roux (G.), Gysae-Edkins (M.) & van der Merwe (K.) dir. WHO'S NEWS?, women and the media, 25 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1999.

	R265

Members of Women's Media Watch - community workers, lesbian activists, academics, polititians, sexworkers, women with disabilities and survivors of rpae and domestic violence - discuss how women are portrayed in the South African media and the changes that need to be made.

Magona (S.) BEAUTY'S GIFT, , 174 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

	R145

A novel about how four women decide to take charge of their lives after a close friend dies of AIDS.

Sindiwe Mangona is also the author of two autobiographical books, "To My Children's Children" and "Forced to Grow", two collections of short stories, "Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night" and "Push-Push and Other Stories", and a novel, "Mother to Mother".

Marindo (R.) et. al. (eds.) THE STATE OF THE POPULATION IN THE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE, , 243 pp., 4to., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

	R180

"An overview of salient demographic features and a review of the policy frameworks that have influenced population and planning in the Western Cape set the context for a detailed analysis of the population data currently available."

Contributions include "Under-Five Mortality in the Western Cape Province" by Nancy Stiegler,
"Population, HIV/AIDS and the Provision of Health Care in the Western Cape" by Najma Shaikh,
"Population and Education in the Western Cape" by Jean Baxen, and
"Foreign-Born and Non-Citizen Populations in the Western Cape (1996-2006): a demographic overview" by Ravayi Marindo.

Martin (J.) A MILLIMETRE OF DUST, visiting ancestral sites, 269 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

	R165

A travel memoir in which Julia Martin describes her journey with her family from Cape Town to the Northern Cape to visit Stone Age archaeological sites.

"A delightful journey through the natural and cultural history of the Cape. This is an odyssey that explores the living landscape and allows Martin to excavate its underlying stories. It's well worth the trip". John Parkington, Professor of Archaeology, University of Cape Town.

"It is a story of our past and our present and our future. It is a poem to the country, then and now." Mike Nicol

Julia Martin teaches in the English Department at the University of the Western Cape. She is also the author of the novel, "Writing Home".

Meyer (D.) DEAD AT DAYBREAK, , 394 pp., paperback, London, (2000) 2007.

	R110

Translated from the Afrikaans by Madeleine van Biljon.

This thriller won the ATKV Prose Prize for 2000 and the Prix Myst�re de la Critique in 2004.

Meyer (D.) DEAD BEFORE DYING, , 410 pp., paperback, London, (1999) 2007.

	R110

Translated from the Afrikaans by Madeleine van Biljon.

This thriller won France's Grand Prix de Litt�rature Polici�re in 2003.

Meyer (D.) HEART OF THE HUNTER, , 422 pp., paperback, London, (2003) 2007.

	R110

Translated from the Afrikaans by K.L.Seegers.

This thriller won the AKTV Prose Prize in 2003 and Germany's Deutsche Krimi Preis in 2006.

Miller (P.) SHONA MALANGA, a classical celebration of freedom, 48 minutes, CD, Johannesburg, 2007.

	R115

A collection of South African freedom songs for orchestra and choir composed or arranged by Philip Miller. Includes the tracks "The Blue Crane" and "Patrick's Theme".

Philip Miller has composed scores for many of WIlliam Kentridge's animated films.

Miller (P.) text & illus. MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, , 310 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1979.

	R850

Introduction by T.V.Bulpin.

An illustrated selection of the myths and legends of the different peoples of southern Africa.

Mngxitama (A.), Alexander (A.) & Gibson (N.C.) eds. BIKO LIVES!, contesting the legacies of Steve Biko, 294 pp., paperback, New York and Basingstoke, 2008.

	R199

Brings together philosophical reflections on Steve Bikio's thought and his global legacy, historical investigations of Black Consciousness in South Africa and analysis of the significance of his ideas to today.

Contributions include "Self-Consciousness as Force and Reason of Revolution in the Thought of Steve Biko" by Lou Turner,
"May the Black God Stand Please!: Biko's challenge to religion" by Tinyiko Sam Maluleke,
"Black Consciousness after Biko: the dialectics of liberation in South Africa, 1977-1987" by Nigel Gibson,
"An Illuminating Moment: background to the Azanian Manifesto" by Neville Alexander,
"A Human Face: Biko's conceptions of African culture and humanism" by Andries Oliphant, and
"The Black Consciousness Philosophy and the Woman's Question in South Africa: 1970-1980" by M.J.Oshadi Mangena.

Amanda Alexander is a doctoral student in African history at Columbia University and a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Nigel Gibson is director of the Honors Programme at Emerson College.
Andile Mngxitama is a doctoral student at the University of Witwatersrand.

Plaatje (Sol T.) NATIVE LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA, , 366 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, (1916) 2007.

	R129

New foreword by Kader Asmal.

A reprint of writer and journalist Sol T Plaatje's account of the origins and effects of the Native's Land Act of 1913. He is also the author of the novel, "Mhudi".

Said (A.) & Thompson (B.) dir. TARAAB, an ocean of melodies, 51 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005.

	R285

A documentary on the different musical and performance traditions of Zanzibar. Focuses especially on taraab, a blend of Indian, Arabic and African influences.

Part of the Rhythms from Africa documentary series.

Shepherd (N.) & Robins (S.) eds. NEW SOUTH AFRICAN KEYWORDS, , 266 pp., paperback, Johannesburg & Ohio, 2008.

	R175

A guide to key words and key concepts that have come to shape public life, political thought and debate in South Africa since 1994.

Essays include "AIDS" by Deborah Posel,
"Crime" by Jonny Steinberg,
"Ethnicity" by John Comaroff and Jean Comaroff,
"Gender" by Helen Moffett,
"Race" by Zimitri Erasmus,
"Truth and Reconciliation" by Fiona Ross, and
"Writing Africa", Achille Mbembe in conversation with Isabel Hofmeyr.

Shubin (V.) ANC, a view from Moscow, 365 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, (1999) 2008.

	R175

The revised edition of Vladimir Shubin's personal account of the relationship between the African National Congress and Moscow between 1960 and 1991. Vladimir Shubin, a high-level Soviet official, was involved for many years in helping the African National Congress and its ally, the South African Communist Party, in their struggle against apartheid.

South African Democracy Education Trust THE ROAD TO DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA, volume 1 (1960-1970), 756 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2004.


OUT OF PRINT

Compiled and coordinated by the South African Democracy Education Trust (SADET), the Road to Democracy project "aims to compile a chronological analysis of four decades, namely 1960-1970, 1970-1980, 1980-1990 and 1990-1994".

Foreword by President Thabo Mbeki. Introduction by Bernard Magubane.
Contents include "The Turn to Armed Struggle" by Bernard Magubane, Philip Bonner, Jabulani Sithole, Peter Delius, Janet Cherry, Pat Gibbs and Thozama April,
"The ANC in Exile, 1960-1970" and "The ANC and the World" by Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu,
"The Post-Rivonia ANC/SACP Underground" by Gregory Houston, and
"Aboveground Activity in the 1960s" by Martin Legassick and Chris Saunders.

Stanley (L.) MOURNING BECOMES..., post/memory, commemoration and the concentration camps of the South African war, 303 pp., map, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2008.

	R220

Using detailed archival evidence, Liz Stanley argues that much of what has traditionally been understood about the concentration camps run by the British during the South African War originates from testimony which was solicited, selected and published by key women activists within Boer proto-nationalist circles, and subsequently reshaped to support the development of a racialised nationalist framework.

Liz Stanley is Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.

Steinberg (J.) THE NUMBER, one man's search for identity in the Cape underworld and prison gangs, 440 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, (2004) 2008.

	R135

An account of Jonny Steinberg's conversations with Magadien Wentzel, a long-time member of the 28s, South Africa's most notorious prison gang. They met in 2002, when Magadien Wentzel was in Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, and spent more than fifty hours discussing his life experiences and his desire to make something of his future. Jonny Steinberg also visited places and people from Wentzel's past. Magadien Wentzel was released in June 2003. This is also a history and analysis of the various South African gangs, the 25s, 26s, 27s and 28s.

Award-winning author Jonny Steinberg is also the author of "Midlands", "Thin Blue, the unwritten rules of policing South Africa" and "Three-Letter Plague, a young man's journey through a great epidemic."

Suttner (R.) THE ANC UNDERGROUND IN SOUTH AFRICA TO 1976, a social and historical study, 198 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2008.

	R175

Drawing on oral testimony Raymond Suttner discusses how, after the ANC's banning in 1960 and the imprisonment of it's leaders, internally based ANC activists, sometimes working independently of the ANC in exile and sometimes in combination, reconstituted networks within South Africa and continued with underground activities.

Raymond Suttner is Professor and Head of the Walter and Albertina Sisulu Knowledge and Heritage Unit within the School for Graduate Studies at the University of South Africa. During the apartheid era he was jailed for his activities as an ANC underground operative, described in his book, "Inside Apartheid's Prison" (2001).

van der Merwe (K.) dir. DOING IT!, the trauma and ecstacy of sexuality, 52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2003.

	R265

Four South African women from different backgrounds discuss their sexuality.

van der Merwe (K.) dir. THE BOTTOM LINE, paying the price, 52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2000.

	R265

A documentary about the effect international patent laws and drug prices have on the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa. Includes interviews with Edwin Cameron, Zackie Achmat and Nkosi Johnson.

Walker (C.) LANDMARKED, land claims and land restitution in South Africa, 292 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Johannesburg & Ohio, 2008.

	R165

Drawing on her long involvement in the investigation of forced removals and her experience as Regional Land Claims Commissioner for KwaZulu-Natal from 1995 to 2000, Charryl Walker provides an account of the programme of land restitution as a whole and assesses its successes and failures.

Cherryl Walker is Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch. She is the author of "Women and Resistance in South Africa", editor of "Women and Gender in Southern Africa" and co-author of "The Surplus People".

Walton (J.) ed. THE JOSEPHINE MILL AND ITS OWNERS, the story of milling and brewing at the Cape of Good Hope, 96 pp., 4to., maps, illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1978.

	R750

Includes the chapters, "Cape Town's Water-Mills" by James Walton and Margaret Cairns,
"The Josephine Mill" by James Walton,
"The Land and its Owners: 1660-1822" by Margaret Cairns,
"Jacob Letterstedt, Cape Town businessman of vision" by R.F.M.Immelman,
"Anders Ohlsson" by Michael G.Ryan, and
"The Later History of the Josephine Mill" by Margaret Cairns.

Wiiliams (D.) ON THE BORDER, the white South African military experience, 151 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

	R150

David Williams describes the experience of the South African Defence Force, for white conscripts and professional soldiers, during the undeclared war in Angola and South West Africa (now Namibia).

David Williams is Associate Deputy Editor of the Financial Mail. He was a conscript in the SADF and a member of the Citizen Force for ten years.

Winterbach (I.) THE BOOK OF HAPPENSTANCE, , 328 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

	R180

Translated from the Afrikaans by Dirk and Ingrid Winterbach.

"Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat", the original Afrikaans version of this novel, won the M-Net Literary Award, the University of Johannesburg Literary Prize, and the WA Hofmeyr Prize. Ingrid Winterbach is also the author of the award-winning novels, "Karolina Ferreira", "Buller se Plan" and "Niggie".

"In this novel Ingrid Winterbach demonstrates her brilliant and distinctive command of language as well as her lyric sensitivity to the fragility and transcience of human existence. What starts as a story about the loss of a personal shell collection becomes an almost fugue-like meditation on the bearable and unbearable losses that people suffer in every aspect of experience: the erotic, the family, the artistic, and in their relation to time, the transcendent and the other." Marlene van Niekerk