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NEW ARRIVALS
November 2009


 

FREEDOM, short stories celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 442 pp., paperback, Edinburgh, 2009.

  R125
  A collection of short stories inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Includes stories by Nadine Gordimer from South Africa and Petina Gappah from Zimbabwe.

"This is truly a great book of Amnesty's. To harness the God-given creative talents of these wonderful writers and connect them with each Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an inspiration." Desmond Tutu, from his foreword
 

LADY ANNE BARNARD'S WATERCOLOURS AND SKETCHES, glimpses of the Cape of Good Hope, 115 pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2009.

  R408
  Lady Anne Barnard (1750-1825) was the daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres. She married Andrew Barnard in 1793 and in 1797 accompanied him to the Cape, where he had been appointed Colonial Secretary. The Barnards returned to England in 1802. Her watercolours and sketches record life at the Cape: the local inhabitants, architecture, landscape and natural history.
 

Africa (S.) WELL-KEPT SECRETS, the right of access to information and the South African intelligence services , 179 pp., paperback, Johannesburg & Maputo, 2009.

  R195
  Sandy Africa assesses whether the post-apartheid intelligence services have complied with the obligation, entrenched in South Africa's democratic constitution, to grant citizens right of access to information held by the state and whether there has been a decisive break with the culture of secrecy that characterised the apartheid intelligence apparatus.
 

Botha (W.) BURNING BRIGHT, extraordinary women of KwaZulu-Natal, 200 pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Durban, 2009.

  R228
  Wilma Botha tells the stories of twelve women of different ages and from diverse cultures and walks of life, including Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) spokesperson Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, Miss South Africa Peggy-Sue Khumalo, Leona Theron, the first black woman judge appointed to the High Court of South Africa, newspaper columnist, psychologist and former Dean of Student Development Devi Rajab, and Gugu Moloi, CEO of Umgeni Water.
 

Clarke (D.) CRUDE CONTINENT, the struggle for Africa's oil prize, 674 pp., maps, hardback, d.w., London, 2008.

  R560
  Duncan Clarke's comprehensive study of Africa's oil industry: its history, economics and geopolitics.

"Everyone wants to understand Africa's oil industry, but until now it was hard to know where to start. Now the choice is easy. 'Crude Continent' is the most thorough exploration yet of this crucial field." Robert Guest, author of "The Shackled Continent

"No other writer matches his unique knowledge of the global energy industry and Africa's historical, political and economic oil context. Clarke's insights into contemporary policy, poverty, corporate strategies and African geopolitics make this book required reading for energy industry executives, investment analysts and African policy-makers, diplomats, donor agencies, banks and international lenders. Very good stuff." Professor Tony Hawkins, Correspondent, Financial Times

Duncan Clarke has "three decades experience inside the oil industry worldwide, exposure to 44 African countries, and more years spent studying and observing the continent's economies and political economy." from the author's acknowledgements
 

Darwin (J.) THE EMPIRE PROJECT, the rise and fall of the British world system, 1830-1970, 800 pp., maps, hardback, d.w., Cambridge, 2009.

  R400
  A global history of the rise and fall of the British Empire.

"John Darwin's book is a tour de force. Never before have the dynamics of the British Empire been analysed with such deep knowledge and penetrating insight." Piers Brendon, author of "The Decline and Fall of the British Empire".

John Darwin teaches Imperial and Global History at Oxford. His previous books include "After Tamerlane: the global history of Empire since 1405" (winner of the 2007 Wolfson History Prize), "The End of the British Empire" (1991), and "Britian and Decolonization" (1988).
 

Ebrahim (M.H.) THE CAPE HAJJ TRADITION, past & present, 233 pp., illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R177
  "This wonderful piece of social history delves into the rich world of the Cape hajj. It describes in great detail the particular traditions and ceremonies before and after hajj that are associated with the Cape Town Muslim community and recalls the particular status that was given to the hajj at the Cape - a status reflected in the hajj's dress and demeanour. The author sketches a vivid picture of the main players in the local hajj industry - the travel agents, the hajj operators and the regulatory bodies - and also dutifully tracks the many changes - cultural, economic and political - that have characterized the Cape hajj experience over the three centuries." Dr Salie Abrahams, Rector, International Peace University South Africa

Mogamat Hoosain Ebrahim is a lecturer and departmental head in the Faculty of Islamic Studies at International Peace University South Africa (IPSA). He is also associated with the Jam'iya tus Sabr mosque and madrasah complex in Primrose Park, serving on its executive and heading its madarasah.
 

Everatt (D.) THE ORIGINS OF NON-RACIALISM, white opposition to apartheid in the 1950s, 273 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R220
  A historical exploration of white resistance politics which "seeks to help us understand how non-racialism emerged and the various forms it took in doing so in the 1950s, the decade that forged the ANC in its current form." from the introduction

"This book is a path-breaking study of the emergence of non-racialism, considering a range of strands: some pursuing liberal paths, others working for national liberation or communism. It is a painstaking insight into the Congress Movement and the Communist Party, then operating underground, as well as the Liberal Party, drawing on widespead oral and archival material. This work should be widely disseminated, to both a new generation and many older people who do not know about the little-known factors that contributed to what made their freedom possible.: Raymond Suttner, University of South Africa and author of "The ANC Underground"


David Everatt is Executive Director of the Guateng City-Region Observatory, a joint project of the University of Johannesburg, the University of the Witwatersrand and the Gauteng Provincial Government.
 

Ferreira (O.J.O.) ADAMASTOR, Spirit of the Cape of Storms/ Espírito do Cabo das Tormentas/ Gees van die Stormkaap, 98 pp., illus., paperback, Gordon's Bay, 2008.

  R265
  Historian O.J.O Ferreira's article on the Adamastor myth, "Adamastor, gees van die Stormkaap", was first published in Afrikaans in 1995.
This revised edition is edited by Schalk le Roux, translated into English by Roger C.Fisher and translated into Portuguese by Edna Peres, Giulia Picard-Boswel and Christina E.F.von Reiche.
Also includes D.P.M.Botes' translation into Afrikaans verse of the episode related to Adamastor in Portuguese poet Luís Vaz de Camoen's "Os Lusíadas".

Text in English, Afrikaans and Portuguese.
 

Jacklin (H.) & Vale (P.) eds. RE-IMAGINING THE SOCIAL IN SOUTH AFRICA, critique, theory and post-apartheid society, 308 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.

  R245
  The essays in this collection "offer explanations for why post-apartheid discourses are narrowly focused, and imagine different conversations around contemporary South African life." from the back cover

"Democracy did not bring 'the end of history' to South Africa: difficult ethical and political questions remain. This volume reaffirms the project of theoretically grounded critique from perspectives in the south. This is a very welcome and important contribution to contemporary debates about post-apartheid society." Deborah Posel, Professor of Sociology and founding director of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER)

"This collection makes a powerful case for the need to encourage traditions of critical thought in contemporary South Africa. Some of the liveliest academic minds in the country question the passivity of current intellectual discourse and remind us of the important role played by the humanities and social sciences in ending apartheid habits of mind. The authors argue that current problems require similarly adventurous and challenging ideas." Saul Dubow, Professor of History, Sussex University

Contributions include "Citizenship, Knowledge and the Nationalist State" by Ivor Chipkin,
"On Representation: citizenship and critique in Marx and Said" by John Higgins,
"Translating 'South Africa": race, colonialism and challenges of critical thought after apartheid" by Suren Pillay, and
"A Subaltern Studies for South African History" by Premesh Lalu.

Heather Jacklin is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Cape Town.
Peter Vale helds the Nelson Mandela Chair in Politics at Rhodes University.
 

Joubert (E.) REISIGER, , 488 pp., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2009.

  R300
  The second volume of award-winning Afrikaans novelist Elsa Joubert's autobiography. The first volume, "'n Wonderlike Geweld" (2005), is also available @ R275

Elsa Joubert's first novel, "Ons wag op die Kaptein" (1963) won the Eugene Marais Prize. Her 1978 novel "Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena" was awarded the WA Hofmeyr Prize, the CNA Prize and the Louis Luyt Prize. In 1981 she was awarded the Winifred Holtby Prize by the British Royal Society of Literature, also becoming a member. Her novel, "Die reise van Isobelle" (1995) won the Hertzog Prize.

Text in Afrikaans.
 

Malan (R.) RESIDENT ALIEN, , 336 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R185
  A collection of essays by writer and journalist Rian Malan, author of "My Traitor's Heart." These pieces first appeared, some in different form, in The Spectator, Esquire, Rolling Stone, The Observer, Maverick, The Sunday Independent, Sunday Telegraph and elsewhere.
 

Nicol (M.) et. al MANDELA, the authorised portrait, 384 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R225
  A biography of Nelson Mandela.
Mac Maharaj and Ahmed Kathrada were editorial consultants.
Foreword by Kofi Annan.
Introduction by Desmond Tutu.
Epilogue by Njabulo Ndebele.
Includes more than sixty specially commissioned interviews conducted by Tim Couzens, Rosalind Coward and Amina Frense. Interviewees include Ahmed Kathrada, Pallo Jordan, Gillian Slovo, Tony Blair, Antjie Krog, Nadine Gordimer, Gordon Brown, Bono, Mac Maharaj, Thabo Mbeki, Verne Harris, Jakes Gerwel, Cyril Ramaphosa, Bill Clinton, and many others.
 

Potgieter (D.) ROSE OF SOWETO, the Dingaan Thobela story, 288 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R140
  The biography of boxer Dingaan Thobela. Born in Chiawelo, Soweto, in 1966 he went on to win three world titles and make boxing history by being the first boxer to win credible lightweight world titles and then move up five weight divisions to win a credible super middlewieght world title.

Writer, producer and journalist Deon Potgieter was the boxing writer for the Mail & Guardian newspaper from 1999-2004. In 1991 he received a meritorious award at the South African Boxing Awards for his contribution to uplifting the sport.
 

Ross (F.C.) RAW LIFE, NEW HOPE, decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community, 248 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2010.

  R243
  Based on research conducted over eighteen years amongst the residents of The Park (now called The Village), a shack settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town, Fiona Ross offers insight into the complex ways of life within an impoverished community and the efforts such a community makes to secure a decent life in post-apartheid South Africa.

Fiona Ross is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town.
 

Smith (M.v.W.) THE FIRST ETHIOPIANS, the image of Africa and Africans in the early Mediterranean world, 528 pp., map, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R240
  Malvern van Wyk Smith "explores the images of Africa and Africans that evolved in ancient Egypt, in classical Greece and imperial Rome, in the early Mediterranean world, and in the early domains of Christianity."

Malvern van Wyk Smith is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at Rhodes University.
 

Stassen (N.) AFRIKANERS IN ANGOLA, 1928-1975, 666 pp., map, b.w. & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2009.

  R300
  The history of the group of Afrikaners known as the Dorslandtrekkers who established themselves in Angola. In 1928 around 2000 of them were repatriated to South West Africa. After 1958 most of the remaining Afrikaners were repatriated to SWA and South Africa, leaving only a handful behind. After the outbreak of civil war in 1975 the last Afrikaners fled the country.

Text in Afrikaans.

Historian Nicol Stassen is the managing director of Protea Boekhuis.
 

Stoffberg (H.) & Prinsloo (P.) CLIMATE CHANGE, a guide for corporates, 156 pp., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2009.

  R250
  A guide into the "complex relationship between corporates and an increasingly regulatory and auditing environment which holds corporations accountable for their carbon footprint". The book provides an overview of factors big business needs to consider when formulating appropriate and effective responses to climate change.

Hennie Stoffberg was an environmental scientist at the University of South Africa and was Program Manager for the Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the Centre for Corporate Citizenship. He currently teaches students in Architecture at the University of Pretoria.
Paul Prinsloo is an Education Consultant at the University of South Africa.
 

Venter (H.) et. al. (eds.) POMP, 09, 'n biblioteek van gedagtes, 492 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R230
  An annual Afrikaans publication of literature, journalism, music, architecture, film, photography and art.

Articles include a conversation between Breyten Breytenbach and Buitreboer that took place in New York in 2000, Joan Hambidge on the Boer War, Danie Goosen on alternative Afrikaners, Jean Oosthuizen on Hillbrow, André Bartlett on Robert Mugabe, Adolph van Coller on Rain Malan's music, Dawid de Villiers and Tilla Slabbert on David Kramer, Wium van Zyl on Malay choirs, and much more.
 

Verwey (L.) ed. PARLIAMENT, THE BUDGET AND POVERTY IN SOUTH AFRICA, a shift in power, 100 pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2009.

  R180
  This publication, which originated in a symposium convened by Idasa in 2008, explores the content of the 2009 Money Bills Amendment Act which granted Parliament strong powers to amend the budget prepared by the executive. It also looks at the challenges and opportunities arising from this new law.

Contributors are Len Verwey, Joachim Wehner, Tania Ajam, Ahmed Mohamed, Kate Lefko-Everett and Musa Zamisa.
 

Wilson (F.) DINOSAURS, DIAMONDS AND DEMOCRACY, a short, short history of South Africa, 128 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R35
  A basic history of South Africa by historian Francis Wilson.

Francis Wilson is an emeritus professor at the University of Cape Town, where he taught in the School of Economics for forty years.