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NEW ARRIVALS
February 2009


 

Artz (L.) & Smythe (D.) eds. SHOULD WE CONSENT?, rape law reform in South Africa, 286 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

  R357
  A collection that charts the social and legal debates and jurisprudential developments that took place during the reform of South Africa's laws on sexual offences, a process which culminated at the end of 2007 in the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act.
 

Beukes (A.) dir. AGTER ELKE MAN, , 103 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1990.

  R130
  An Afrikaans film starring Steve Hofmeyr, about a man on parole seeking revenge on the man responsible for his incarceration.
 

Bezuidenhout (F.) dir. SIENER IN DIE SUBURBS, , 90 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1973.

  R130
  An acclaimed Afrikaans film of the award-winning play written by P.G.du Plessis, set in a poor suburb in Johannesburg. Stars Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Don Lamprecht, Louis van Niekerk and Wilna Snyman.
 

Brink (A.) A FORK IN THE ROAD, a memoir, 438 pp., illus., hardback, d.w., London, 2009.

  R290
  André Brink writes about his childhood, his love for the arts, his relationships with women, among them the poet Ingrid Jonker, and encounters with Ariel Dorfman, Günter Grass, Beyers Naudé, Nadine Gordimer, Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela.

This memoir is shortlisted for the 2010 Alan Paton Award for non-fiction.

André Brink is the author of 27 novels. He has won the CNA Award three times and has twice been shorlisted for the Booker Prize. His novels have been translated into thirty languages.

Also published in Afrikaans as "'n Vurk in die Pad".
 

Broomfield (N.) dir. HIS BIG WHITE SELF REVISITED, The leader, his driver and the driver's wife/ His big white self, 80 + 93 minutes, 2 x DVD, U.K., 2006.

  R325
  A 2 disc edition which includes Nick Broomfield's two films on Eugene Terre'blanche, leader of the Afrikaner Weerstands Beweging (AWB):
THE LEADER, HIS DRIVER AND THE DRIVER'S WIFE, 80 minutes, DVD, 1991.
"In a purposefully ramshackle quest for an interview with the illusive(sic) Terre'blanche, Broomfield cajoles, hustles, and irritates the Svengali-like figure, his driver JP and JP's extraordinary chipper wife Anita, in a startingly successful effort to peel back the layers of the regime and its unnervingly congenial membership."

HIS BIG WHITE SELF, 93 minutes, DVD, 2006.
This film "further explores Terre'blanche's absurd yet insidious character, exposing his regime's stark and sobering impact that lingers to this day. Broomfield revisits the familiar and haunted faces of those brought down and broken by democracy's rise in South Africa, finally confronting the newly released and unrepentant Terre'blanche."
 

Cox (L.) prod. MZWAKHE MBULI, the people's poet, 160 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005.

  R110
  A tribute to poet and musician Mzwakhe Mbuli. Includes a selection of his music videos and two short films - an interview conducted by Nicky Blumefield and a film made in 2003, 30 days after Mbuli was released from prison after swerving a 6 year sentence for armed robbery.
 

de Gruchy (S.), Koopman (N.) & Strijbos (S.) eds. FROM OUR SIDE, emerging perspectives on development and ethics, 288 pp., paperback, Amsterdam & Pretoria, 2008.

  R217
  This collection of essays "is a collaborative effort of younger scholars in southern Africa and the Netherlands who are interested in the relationship between development and ethics from a Christian point of view."

Foreword by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane.
Chapters include "Christian leadership in 'another country': contributing to an ethical development agenda in South Africa today" by Steve de Gruchy and Willem Ellis,
"Due South: the challenges and opportunities of African migrancy to South Africa", Geneieve James in conversation with Tadele Magesh,
"Wage negotiations and development in South Africa", Clint Le Bruyns in conversation with Archie Palane,
"'Ubuntu' and women's health agency in contemporary South Africa" by Sophia Chirongoma and Domoka Lucinda Manda with Zandile Myeni,
"Challenging stigma in the context of HIV/AIDS: towards integrating individual and societal intervention strategies" by Miranda N.Pillay in conversation with Tania Vergnani, and
"An African feminist ethicist evaluation of the patenting of life-forms based on African plant forms and knowledge", Puleng LenkaBula in conversation with Buhlakoana Manyanye.
 

Doucakis (A.) IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GANDHI, an illustrated history of Johannesburg's Linksfield Ridge and environs, 80 pp., oblong 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., (Johannesburg), 2006.

  R460
  German architect and lifelong friend of Mahatma Gandhi, Hermann Kallenbach, bought the land now known as Linsksfield Ridge in the early 1900s and undertook to develop it. He and Gandhi were known to meditate together on the ridge. Alkis Doucakis, a resident of Linksfield Ridge, has researched the history of the area for many years.
 

Ewen (E.) & Ewen (S.) TYPECASTING, on the arts & sciences of human inequality, a history of dominant ideas, 555 pp., illus., hardback, d.w., New York, 2006.

  R320
  Ewen & Ewen explore the relationship between "stereotyping as a persistent social, cultural and mental pratice" and "the emergence of a global economy, colonialism, the matrix of urban life, and the rise of democratic and egalitarian movements and ideas."

"With exceptional and profound research on visual culture, Ewen & Ewen have captured a wide-angle view of the impact of racial imaging. Using the history of art as well as popular imagery, they demonstrate the complexity found in mapping and reading this legacy." Deborah Willis

Elizabeth Ewen in Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of American Studies at SUNY College at Old Westbury. Stuart Ewen in CUNY Distinguished Professor of Film & Media Studies at Hunter College and in Ph.D programmes in history and sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center.
 

Farr (S.) dir. LOVE, COMMUNISM, REVOLUTION & RIVONIA, Bram Fischer's story, 80 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2006.

  R95
  The biography of Afrikaner Bram Fischer (1908-1975), South African Communist Party member who led the defence team at the Rivonia Trial. In 1966 he was convicted on counts of violating the Suppression of Communism Act and conspiracy to commit sabotage and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Includes interviews with George Bizos, Martin Meredith, Hilda Bernstein, Hugh Lewin, Denis Goldberg, Nadine Gordimer, Ahmed Kathrada, Blade Nzimande, and Ruth Rice and Ilse Wilson, Bram Fischer's two daughters.

Winner of the Best South African Documentary Audience Awards, 2007 Encounters Documentary Festival.
 

Fontein (J.) THE SILENCE OF GREAT ZIMBABWE, contested landscapes and the power of heritage, 246 pp., illus., paperback, London & Harare, 2006.

  R350
  Based on ethnological field work around Great Zimbabwe, as well as archival research in the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, the National Archives of Zimbabwe and at the World Heritage Centre in Paris. Joost Fontein examines the position of Great Zimbabwe "in contests between, and among individuals within, the Nemanwa, Charumbira and Mugabe clans over land, power and authority."

Joost Fontein is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Anthropology at the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh.
 

Gabriel (I.) dir. FORGIVENESS, , 113 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2004.

  R160
  "A landmark South African film." Barry Ronge

Stars Arnold Vosloo who plays a South African policeman granted amnesty by the TRC, Denise Newman and Quanita Adams, who play the family of one of his victims.
 

Geschiere (P.), Meyer (B.) & Pels (P.) eds. READINGS IN MODERNITY IN AFRICA, , 226 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Oxford, etc., 2008.

  R163
  Essays include "The African Renaisance, South Africa & the World" by Thabo Mbeki,
"The Resurgance of Chiefs: retribution & modernity in post-1994 South Africa" by Lungisile Ntsebeza,
"Chiefs! Law, power & culture in contemporary South Africa" by Barbara Oomen,
"Two Texts on Chiefs in Present-day South Africa: a renaissance of tradition" by Peter Pels,
"The New Africans: between nativism & cosmopolitanism" by Achille Mbembe, and
"Witch-hunting & Political Legitimacy: continuity & change in Green Valley, Lebowa, 1930-91" by Isak A.Niehaus.
 

Hofmeyr (G.) dir. JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD, , 94 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1986.

  R130
  A film based on the novel by Percy Fitzpatrick.
 

Howell (N.) DEMOGRAPHY OF THE DOBE !KUNG, , 412 pp., illus., paperback, New York, (1979) 2000.

  R240
  "This updated edition of the premier demographic study of the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert of Botswana includes changes in the Kalahari over the past twenty years, changes in the anthropological understanding of population processes, and an account of the author's return a generation later to revisit old friends".

Nancy Howell is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto.
 

Lainé (D.) photo. & text & Alexandre (P.) text AFRICAN KINGS, , 157 pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Berkeley, 2000.

  R295
  Daniel Lainé's formal portraits of seventy tribal kings in Africa, in full regalia. The portraits are accompanied by brief biographies and historical notes on the tribe and the rituals and history associated with each ruler. Includes portraits of King Goodwill Zwelethini, King of the Zulu, Enok Makhosoki Mabena II, King of the Ndebele, Magjadji V, Zulu Rain Queen, and Xololizwe Sigcawu, King of the Xhosa. Also includes a chapter, "Origins of the African Kingdoms" by Pierre Alexandre.

Photographer Daniel Lainé was born in Auxerre in 9149. "African Kings", first published in French in 1991, won the Villa Médicis' Beyond the Wall Prize and first prize of the World Press Photo "People in the News" category in 1991.
 

le Grange (E.) dir. 'N POT VOL WINTER, , 88 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2006.

  R130
  An Afrikaans film based on the novel by Maretha Maartens, about how a teenage girl reacts to her parents' divorce.
 

Mafeje (A.) ed. THE DISENFRANCHISED, perspectives on the history of elections in South Africa, 170 pp., illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2008.

  R190
  Contributions include "Black Initiatives and Responses to Disenfranchisement" by Pallo Jordan,
"The Role of Political Parties in the Electoral and Democratic Process in South Africa" by Joseph Diescho,
"Women and Suffrage in South Africa: a fractured history" by Shireen Hassim,
"Elections and the Politics of Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity in South Africa" by Xolela Mangu, and
"Ten Years of Electoral Democracy in South Africa: successes and achievements of the Electoral Commission" by Brigalia Bam.
 

Marsh (D.) dir. DOLLARS & WHITE PIPES, , 96 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005.

  R130
  A film based on the life story of Bernie Baatjies from Hanover Park on the Cape Flats, who seeks to fulfill his dream of becoming like the character JR from the TV series Dallas.
 

Mathie (A.) & Sunningham (G.) eds. FROM CLIENTS TO CITIZENS, communities changing the course of their own development, 378 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Rugby, 2008.

  R342
  Describes case studies of poor communities around the world that first built their own social, cultural and material assets before seeking outside assistance, in this way taking charge of their own development.

Includes a chapter, "Jansenville Development Forum: linking community and government in the rural landscape of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa" by Susan Wilkinson-Maposa, Director of the Community Grantmaking and Social Investment Programme at the Centre for Leadership and Public Values at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town.
 

Mbuli (M.) MZWAKHE MBULI, born free but everywhere in chains, 52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2001.

  R110
  A collection of poems written and performed to music by Mzwakhe Mbuli.
 

Nel (F.) dir. BOSVELDHOTEL, die moevie, 92 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1982.

  R130
  An Afrikaans film about two men who challenge a mining company. Stars Danie Smuts and Zack du Plessis.
 

Potenza (E.) curator BIKO, the quest for a true humanity, 58 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007.

  R175
  An exhibition presented by the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg in 2007 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Bantu Stephen Biko.
 

Roodt (D.) dir. YESTERDAY, , 111minutes, DVD, Johannesburg, 2003.

  R130
  This film, which tells the story of a rural woman who discovers she is HIV positive, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It won a Human Rights Film Award at the Venice Film Festival, and Best Picture at the Pune International Film Festival.
 

Roodt (D.J.) dir. CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY, , 106 minutes, DVD, South Africa, (1995).

  R130
  A film based on the novel by Alan Paton, starring James Earl Jones and Richard Harris.
 

Ross (L.) dir. VOËLVRY, the movie, 70 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2006.

  R145
  Documentary about the group of young Afrikaner rock musicians who, during the 1989 State of Emergency, travelled around South Africa performing their iconic protest music. Includes live footage and interviews captured on the Voëlvry Tour, as well as more recent interviews with some of those who were involved. Musicians featured include Bernoldus Niemand (James Phillips), Koos Kombuis (Andrè le Toit) and Johannes Kerkorrel and other members of the Gereformeerde Blues Band. Also includes interviews with Max du Preez, founder of Vrye Weekblad, Lloyd Ross of Shifty Records, and Dagga Dirk-Uys, the tour organisers.

In Afrikaans, with optional English subtitles
 

Sampson (A.) THE ANATOMIST, the autobiography of Anthony Sampson, 283 pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2008.

  R225
  Journalist and author Anthony Sampson was born in England in 1926. He came to South Africa in 1951 to edit Drum magazine and later joined the Observer in London. He returned to South Africa many times, attending the Rivonia trial. Later, Nelson Mandela asked him to write his biography, published as "Mandela" in 1999. Sampson died in 2004 and this autobiography was completed by his wife, Sally.
 

Tatz (C.) WITH INTENT TO DESTROY, reflecting on genocide, 222 pp., hardback, d.w., London, 2003.

  R250
  "A South African, Australian Jew, Colin Tatz provides a personal yet analytical and critical account of race politics, and the termini to which related policies and practices have led in Germany, Australia and South Africa."

Colin Tatz was born and educated in South Africa. He emigrated to Australia in 1961. He is currently Director of the Australian Institute for Holocuast and Genocide Studies based at the Shalom Institute, University of New South Wales.
 

Thomas (C.C.) COCKTAILS OF LIBERTY, contours of the 1976 Western Cape student uprising, 218 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

  R150
  The story of the 1976 student uprising at the University of the Western Cape, told by Cornelius Thomas, who was a student there at the time. He is currently the director of the Liberation Archives at the University of Fort Hare.
 

Torline (C.) prod. BRENDA, the DVD, 60 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005.

  R110
  The story of South African singer Brenda Fassie, who died in 2004, aged 40. Includes interviews with the singer, footage taken from documentaries and many of her music videos.
 

Uys (P-D.) BLAST FROM THE PAST, Adapt or Dye/ Beyond the Rubicon, 86 minutes, DVD, South Africa, (2007).

  R110
  Highlights from two of satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys's early shows, "Adapt or Die", filmed live at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg in 1982, and "Beyond the Rubicon", filmed live at the Nico Malan Theatre in Cape Town in 1986.
 

Uys (P-D.) EVITA FOR PRESIDENT, , 126 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007.

  R110
  The stage show by satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys, filmed by Brian Tilley at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, in November 2007.
 

Uys (P-D.) FARCE ABOUT UYS, , 126 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1984.

  R110
  The stage show of FARCE ABOUT UYS, written by and staring Pieter-Dirk Uys with Chris Galloway and Thoko Ntshinga and directed by Dawie Malan. The show toured South Africa during 1983 and 1984. This adapted DVD-version was filmed before a live audience in Johannesburg in 1984.
 

Uys (P-D.) FOREIGN AIDS, , 129 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2002.

  R110
  South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys in his one-man performance, "Foreign Aids", filmed live on stage at Pieter Toerien's Montecasino Theatre in Johannesburg in September 2002.

"'Foreign Aids' is a personal journey by a middle-aged South African through the minefield of this young democracy threatened by the HIV-virus and the stigma of AIDS".
 

Uys (P-D.) SKATING ON THIN UYS, , 94 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1985.

  R110
  A film written by and starring Pieter-Dirk Uys as Evita Bezuidenhout, directed by Bromley Cawood.
 

Uys (P-D.) THE END IS NAAI, , 53 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2004.

  R110
  Satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys celebrates ten years of equality and human rights in South Africa. Filmed live at the Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town in July 2004.

In English and Afrikaans.
 

Uys (P-D.) THE GREAT COMEDY TREK, volumes 1 & 2, 96 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2004.

  R110
  A four-part TV series, compiled from Pieter-Dirk Uys shows of the 1980s.
 

van den Bergh (R.) dir. CIRCLES IN THE FOREST, , 93 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1989.

  R140
  A film based on the novel by Dalene Matthee.
 

Xenopoulos (J.) dir. PROMISED LAND, , 101 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2003.

  R130
  A film based on the novel, "Promised Land" by Karel Schoeman. The film won Best Screenplay at the International Film Festival in Tokyo in 2002.

Includes a special feature on the making of the film.
 

Zipplies (R.) ed. BENDING THE CURVE, your guide to tackling climate change in South Africa, 344 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008.

  R195
  Provides a brief overview of the most recent climate change and environmental facts as they relate to South Africa and ideas for lifestyle changes individuals can make at home and at work.