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NEW ARRIVALS
July 2009


 

Boesak (A.) RUNNING WITH HORSES, reflections of an accidental politician, 427 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R209
  A collection of essays in which Rev. Allan Boesak, co-founder of the United Democraic Fronf (UDF), reflects on 30 years as a theologian and political activist.
 

Chapman (M.) ART TALK, POLITICS TALK, , 187 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006.

  R180
  A collection of essays that offer "perspectives on a single endeavour: how to talk about art in a politically demanding milieu." Michael Chapman

Includes essays on the work of Can Themba, Ruth Miller, Nelson Mandela, Roy Campbell, Nadine Gordimer, J.M.Coetzee and Herman Charles Bosman.

Michael Chapman is Professor of English and Head of the School of Literary Studies, Media and Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
 

Christiansë (Y.) IMPRENDEHORA, , 93 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R150
  A collection of poems by poet, novelist and academic Yvette Christiansë, in which "we hear the voices of those carried by slavers in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans after Britian's Abolition Act of 1807. 'Imprendehora' is the recorded name of one such vessel, seized and delivered to St. Helena."

Yvette Christiansë is also the author of the poetry collection, "Castaway" (1999) and the award-winning novel, "Unconfessed" (2006).
 

Davidson (Y.A.) YAKOV AZRIEL DAVIDSON, his writings in the Yiddish newspaper, Der Afrikaner, 1911-1913, 121 pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R177
  Translated from the Yiddish with an introduction by Veronica Belling.

Includes reflections and family history by Mendel Kaplan.

Yakov Azriel Davidson (1867 - 1914) arrived in Johannesburg from Russia in 1893. He was co-editor of the Yiddish newspaper, Der Afrikaner, first published in November 1911, and contributed satirical columns under the pseudonyms of Der Shtodt Kokhelefl and A Pekl Tekhines. This book is a collection of these writings.
 

de Villiers (I.) STROOIDAK EN TORING, van mense en my tyd, 301 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R220
  A collection of autobiographical writings by Izak de Villiers. Author and poet Izak de Villiers is a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church and was editor of Sarie, the Afrikaans women's magazine, and of the Afrikaans newspaper, Rapport.

Text in Afrikaans.
 

Dolny (H.) ed. TEAM COACHING, artists at work, South African coaches share their theory and practice, 277 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R220
  A group of South African coaches share their knowledge and practice for working with teams in large institutions. The coaches are Helena Dolny, Maryse Barak, Lloyd Chapman, Michael Cooper, Tim Goodenough, Marti Janse Van Rensburg, Khatija Saley and Ray Sher.
 

Funke (N.) & Solomon (H.) EXPLORING ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST IDEOLOGIES IN AFRICA, , 410 pp., map, paperback, Pretoria, 2006.

  R295
  Nikki Funke and Hussein Solomon examine Islamic fundamentalist ideologies in Algeria, Sudan and South Africa and explore the root causes of fundamentalism in Africa.

Nikki Funke is a Senior Associate of the Centre for International Political Studies at the University of Pretoria and is working as a social scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
Professor Hussein Solomon lectures at the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria where he is also Director of the Centre for International Political Studies.
 

Grobbelaar (P.W.) KINDERS VAN KONINGS, volksballades - tekste en bladmusiek, 309 pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2009.

  R200
  A collection of 69 Afrikaans folk songs with sheet music, text, guitar chords and background information.
 

Hall (R.) ed. ANOTHER COUNTRYSIDE?, policy options for land and agrarian reform in South Africa, 264 pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R155
  A compilation of papers that explore the question of land redistribution in South Africa.

Contributions include "Land Reform for What? land use, production and livelihoods", "Land Reform How and For Whom? land demand, targeting and acquisition" and "Dynamics in the Commercial Farming Sector" by Ruth Hall,
"Agricultural Employment Scenarios" by Michael Aliber, Mompathi Baiphethi and Peter Jacobs,
"The Private Sector and Land Reform" by Karin Kleinbooi, and
"New Institutional Mechanisms" by Lionel Cliffe.

Ruth Hall is a senior researcher at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape.
 

Head (D.) THE CAMBRIDGE INTRODUCTION TO J.M.COETZEE, , 113 pp., paperback, Cambridge, 2009.

  R200
  A survey of J.M.Coetzee's fiction up to "Diary of a Bad Year" (2007).

Dominic Head is Professor of Modern English Literature at the University of Nottingham.
 

Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (comp.) MAKING APARTHEID HISTORY, my contribution, an oral history resource guide, 283 pp., 4to., maps, illus., paperback, DVD, Cape Town, 2009.

  R225
  Since 2004 the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation has developed a distinctive methodology to encourage and enable post-apartheid youth to generate oral history in their communities. Projects have been undertaken in Namaqualand, Kakamas, Upington and Rietfontein in the Northern Cape and Langa, Constantia, Hout Bay, and Paarl in the Western Cape. A series of teachers' guides on each of these case studies were produced. These educational resouces are now drawn together into this single volume, with each guide forming a chapter. The chapters are:
1. From Exclusive to Inclusive Narratives: a toolkit for budding historians
2. Pass Laws in the Western Cape: implementation and resistance (2004)
3. Forced Removals: a case study on Constantia (2005)
4. Stories op die Wind: 'n handleiding vir opvoeders oor Noord-Kaapse volksverhale (2006)
5. Bridging the Apartheid Divide: two case studies (2008)

Includes a DVD containing short documentaries filmed in Hout Bay and Paarl.
 

Jennings (A.) FOUL!, the secret world of FIFA: bribes, vote rigging and ticket scandals, 432 pp., paperback, London, (2006) 2007.

  R150
  An updated edition of investigative sports reporter Andrew Jennings' exposé of corruption in FIFA, football's governing body.
 

Lipman (A.) ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, colliding with apartheid and other authorities, 220 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R175
  A memoir by retired South African architect, architectural critic and academic Alan Lipman. A professor emeritus in the School of Architecture at the University of Wales, he is also the author of "Architecture on My Mind: critical readings in design" (2003).
 

Mageza (T.), Tsholetsane (R.), Matsobane (M.S.) & Hlatshwayo (T.) THE BETHAL TRIAL STORY, where do we begin..., 243 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R200
  A personal account of the events that took place in Kagiso, Krugersdorp on 17 June 1976, the day after the Soweto uprising began, which led to Rodney Tsholetsane, Themba Hlatshwayo and the late Molathlegi Thlale, members of the Students Representative Council at Mosupatsela High School, and Mike Matsobane, leader of the Young African Religious Movement, being charged under the Terrorism Act.

Also includes chapters on each of the four authors in which they relate their experiences under apartheid and their lives in the new South Africa.
 

Morley (I.) COME SUNDAY, , 322 pp., paperback, London, 2009.

  R195
  A novel about a mother's attempts to come to terms with her grief after her young daughter is killed in a car accident. Set in Hawaii and South Africa.

Ilsa Morley gew up in South Africa. She now lives in the Los Angeles area. This is her first novel.
 

Murove (M.F.) ed. AFRICAN ETHICS, an anthology of comparative and applied ethics, 461 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.

  R260
  A collection of essays that focuses on the concept of "Ubuntu" and its relevance today.

Contributions include "Cinderella, Survivor and Saviour: ethics and the quest for a global ethic" by Martin Prozesky,
"Africa's Wisdom has Two Parents and One Guardian: Africanism, Islam and the West" by Ali Mazrui,
"'Ubuntu' as the African Ethical Vision" by Augustine Shutte,
"Cows Never Die: embracing African cosmology in the process of economic growth" by Muvume Dandala,
"An African Environmental Ethic Based on the Concepts of 'Ukama' and 'Ubuntu'" by Munyaradzi Murove,
"African Moral Theory and Public Governance Nepotism: preferential hiring and other partiality" by Thaddeus Metz,
and "Does African 'Corruption' Exist?" by William De Maria.

Munyaradzi Felix Murove is Deputy Head of the School of Philosophy and Ethics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
 

Oberem (P.) THE LAZARUS FUNERAL PARLOUR, , 191 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R180
  A light-hearted first novel about a fire and brimstone preacher's arrival in the small town of Nylsdorp.

Pamela Oberem manages a game farm in the Waterberg and writes books on animal health. This is her first novel.
 

Peek (P.M.) & Yankah (K.) eds. AFRICAN FOLKLORE, an encyclopedia, 593 pp., maps, illus., paperback, London, (2004) 2009.

  R599
  An introduction to folklore throughout the African continent with in-depth examinations of individual countries, ethnic groups, religious practices, artistic genres and numerous other concepts related to folklore.

Philip Peek is Professor of Anthropology at Drew University, USA.
Kwesi Yankah is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Ghana.
 

Reddy (V.), Sandfort (T.) & Rispel (L.) eds. FROM SOCIAL SILENCE TO SOCIAL SCIENCE, same-sex sexuality, HIV & AIDS and gender in South Africa, conference proceedings, 252 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R190
  This publication grew out of the conference, "Gender, Same-Sex Sexuality and HIV/AIDS", held in Pretoria in May 2007 and jointly convened by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioural Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University.

Contributions include "Researching Same-Sex Sexuality and HIV Prevention" by Peter Aggleton,
"Sexuality Research in South Africa: the policy context" by Robert Sember,
"Gender, Same-Sex Sexuality and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: practical research challenges and solutions" by Pierre Brouard,
"From Social Silence to Social Science: HIV research among township men who have sex with men in South Africa" by Tim Lane,
"Sexing Women: young black lesbians' reflections on sex and responses to safe(r) sex" by Zethu Matebeni,
"A Bird's-Eye View of HIV and Gay and Lesbian Issues in Zimbabwe" by Samuel Matsikure,
"Mobilising Gay and Lesbian Organisations to Respond to the Political Challenges of the South African HIV epidemic" by Nathan Geffen, Zethu Cakata, Renay Pillay and Paymon Ebrahimzadeh, and
"Lessons Learned from Current South African HIV/AIDS Research Among Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Populations" by Dawie Nel.
 

Schoeman (K.) SEVEN KHOI LIVES, Cape biographies of the seventeenth century, 216 pp., map, hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2009.

  R195
  This book contains translations of brief biographies of seven individual Khoikhoi - five men and two women - originally included in a more extensive collection in Afrikaans and entitled "Kinders van die Komanjie: Kaapse lewens uit die sewentiende eeu", published in 2006.
 

Southall (R.) & Daniel (J.) eds. ZUNAMI!, the South African elections of 2009, 300 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R180
  A collection of essays that analyse the South African general elections of April 2009, examine voting trends and results and consider South Africa's future prospects.

Contributions include "The ANC's National Election Campaign of 2009: Siyanqoba!" by Anthony Butler,
"Congress of the People: between foothold of hope and slippery slope" by Susan Booysen,
"Strategy, Sacrifice or Sour Grapes? COPE versus the ANC in the Eastern Cape" by Janet Cherry,
"The Democratic Alliance: consolidating the official opposition" by Zwelethu Jolobe,
"Azapo, MF, PAC and UCDP: searching for a role and fighting for survival" by Tsoeu Petlane,
"Godzille and the Witches: gender and the 2009 elections" by Shireen Hassim,
"Desperately Seeking Depth: the media and the 2009 elections" by Jane Duncan, and
"Glancing Back, Looking Ahead: tilting left?" by John Daniel.

Roger Southall is Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand.
John Daniel is Academic Director of the School of International Training in Durban.
 

Taylor (J.) THE TRANSPLANT MEN, , 141 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R165
  A thriller by Jane Taylor, author of the play "Ubu and the Truth Commission" and the novel "Wild Dogs" which won the 2006 Olive Schreiner Award. She is currently Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago.
 

The Caine Prize for African Writing WORK IN PROGRESS, and other stories, 179 pp., paperback, Oxford & Johannesburg, 2009.

  R150
  A collection of the five stories shortlisted for the 2009 Caine Prize, as well as eleven stories from the 2009 Zain Caine Prize African Writers' Workshop.

The shortlisted authors were Mamle Kabu (Ghana), Parselelo Kantai (Kenya), Alistair Morgan (South Africa), EC Osondu (Nigeria), and Mukoma wa Ngugi (Kenya). The prize was won by EC Osondu.
 

Viljoen (L.) ONS ONGEHOORDE SOORT, beskouings oor die werk van Antjie Krog, 240 pp., paperback, Stellenbosch, 2009.

  R108
  A collection of essays in Afrikaans on Antjie Krog's poetry and prose.

Louise Viljoen is professor in the Department van Afrikaans en Nederlands at the University of Stellenbosch.