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NEW ARRIVALS
January 2010


 

SONGS WORTH SINGING, WORDS WORTH SAYING, reconciling through music & poetry, ESongbook, CD, DVD, , 2007.

  R235
  The Songs Worth Singing, Words Worth Saying Project in Cape Town sees music and poetry as a powerful way for children from different communities to learn about each others lives and cultures. Through a series of summer music and poetry workshops, panel discussions and seminars young people in Cape Town were exposed to the different musical and poetry traditions of the various cultural groups in the Western Cape.
This educational resource, consisting of DVD, CD and E-Songbook, includes the performances of seven musical groups and ten young poets from communities such as Kensington, Nyanga, Khayelitsha. Elsies River, Nomzamo and Lwandle informal settlements. Macassar, Imazamo Yethu and Hout Bay, Athlone and Pinelands at the Reconciliation Presentation 2007.
 

Arangies (L.) dir. MZALA DISCOVERS THE BIG 5 RED VARIETALS, , 150 minutes, DVD, , 2007.

  R150
  A wine-appreciation course in fifteen thirty-minute episodes. This DVD contains the five episodes on the best-known red wine cultivars in South Africa, shot on 5 different wine estates:
1. Cabernet Sauvignon, shot at Zorgvliet
2. Shiraz, shot at Simonsvlei
3. Merlot, shot at Spier
4. Pinotage, shot at L'Avenir
5. Pinot Noir, shot at Flagstone

Also available: "Mzala Discovers the Big 5 White Varietals" and "Mzala Discovers the Rest of the Winelands" @ R150 each
 

Arangies (L.) dir. MZALA DISCOVERS THE BIG FIVE WHITE VARIETALS, , 150 minutes, DVD, , 2007.

  R150
  A wine-appreciation course in fifteen thirty-minute episodes. This DVD contains the five episodes on the best-known white wine cultivars in South Africa, shot on five different wine estates:
1. Chenin Blanc, shot at Bellingham
2. Sauvingnon Blanc, shot at Boschendal,
3. Chardonnay, shot at Van Loveren
4. Semillon, shot at Stellenzicht
5. Viognier, shot at Fairview

Also available: "Mzala Discovers the Big Five Red Varietals" and "Mzala Discovers the Rest of the Winelands" @ R150 each
 

Arangies (L.) dir. MZALA DISCOVERS THE REST OF THE WINELANDS, , 150 minutes, DVD, , 2007.

  R150
  A wine-appreciation course in fifteen thirty-minute episodes. This DVD contains five episodes that explore:
1. Blends, shot at Bilton
2. Méthode Cap Classique, shot at Simonsig
3. Noble Late Harvest, shot at Neethlingshof
4. Port, shot at Bredell
5. Brandy, shot at Van Ryn Distillers

Also available: "Mzala Discovers the Big 5 Red Varietals" and "Mzala Discovers the Big 5 White Varietals" @ R150 each
 

Berger (L.R.) & Hilton-Barber (B.) IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EVE, the mystery of human origins, 325 pp., map, paperback, Washington, 2000.

  R150
  Lee Berger attempts to "cast light on the transition from not only archaid 'Homo sapiens' to modern humans but also from ape-man to man-ape to human" and argues the case for a southern African origin of humans.

Lee R.Berger is Director of the Paleoanthropology Unit for Research and Exploration at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Brett Hilton-Barber is a journalist specializing in the field of human origins.
 

Blacklaws (T.) text & Stooke (A.) illus. BAFANA BAFANA, a story of soccer, magic and Mandela, 92 pp., colour illus., hardback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R150
  A story about a young boy who travels from his rural village in the Eastern Cape to Cape Town to watch Bafana Bafana play soccer.

Tony Blacklaws in the also author of two novels, "Karoo Boy" and "Blood Orange".
 

Brink (Y.) THEY CAME TO STAY, discovering meaning in the 18th century Cape country dwelling, 220 pp., illus., paperback, Stellenbosch, 2008.

  R211
  Archaeologist Yvonne Brink seeks to understand more about the Dutch peasants who built the colonial farmsteads in the Cape winelands in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and why this style of architecture emerged only at the Cape and not in Dutch colonies in other parts of the world.
 

Brownhill (L.) LAND, FOOD, FREEDOM, struggles for the gendered commons in Kenya, 1870 to 2007, 328 pp., paperback, Trenton, 2009.

  R350
  Leigh Brownhill's study of women's engagement in social movements in Kenya in the 20th century. She makes extensive use of the memories shared with her by elderly Kenyan women who participated in historic uprisings and revolutionary movements.

Leigh Brownhill is a co-founder of "First Woman: The East and Southern African Women's Oral History and Indigenous Knowledge Network" which has been recording the life stories of elderly Mau Mau women in Kenya since 1994.
 

Cawthra (G.) ed. AFRICAN SECURITY GOVERNANCE, emerging issues, 227 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R220
  This book, which focuses on the role of the state and other social actors in both human and state security, is the result of research carried out by the Southern African Defence and Security Management Network (SADSEM), in cooperation with the Danish Institute for International Studies and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

Contributions include "Transforming Safety and Security in Southern Africa: some trends and more challenges" by Elrena van der Spuy,
"Southern African Security Governance: a cautionary tale" by Anthoni van Niekerk,
"The Link Between Sustainable Development and Security in Botswana" by Mpho Molomo,
"Governance of the Military in Zambia" by Godfrey Haantobolo, and
"Governance of Defence in Namibia" by Vincent Mwange.

Gavin Cawthra is Chair in Defence and Security Management at the University of the Witwatersrand.
 

Coetzee (J.M.) LE ORIGINI IDEOLOGICHE DELL'APARTHEID, emergere dalla censura, 61 pp., paperback, Verona, 1999.

  R195
  An Italian translation of J.M.Coetzee's essay, "The Intellectual Origins of Apartheid, emerging from censorship".

Translation by Angela Righetti.
 

Coetzee (J.M.) THE HUMANITIES IN AFRICA/ DIE GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN IN AFRIKA, , 96 pp., paperback, Munich, 2001.

  R125
  Includes an essay in German by Heinrich Meier.
J.M.Coetzee's text is in English & German.
This is Lesson 5 from "Elizabeth Costello".
 

Dandala (H.) dir. SWOP!, , 83 minutes, DVD, , 2008.

  R85
  A comedy about a wealthy and successful black businessman trading lives with a Zimbabwean street hustler.

Actor and presenter Hlomla Dandala is best known for his role in the TV series Isidingo. This is his first film.
 

de Bruyn (D.) dir. NATANIËL BY BIRTH, , 68 minutes, DVD, , 2006.

  R100
  Features ten music videos by Nataniël plus behind-the-scenes footage and four Afrikaans stories recorded at live performances during 2005 & 2006.

Musician, writer and cook Nataniël le Roux is one of South Africa's most popular entertainers.
 

Ferguson (G.) HOLDING PATTERN, poems & drawings, 47 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R103
  A new volume of poems and drawings by Gus Ferguson.

"There is no voice in South African poetry like Gus's voice - its verbal and visual intensity is embedded in a marvellously rare sensibility. This volume confirms and extends the unique and impressive space his work has carved for itself over the years." Antjie Krog
 

Filmakers Against Racism REFLECTING ON XENOPHOBIA, humanity, tolerance, dignity, 195 minutes, DVD, , 2008.

  R235
  Filmakers Against Racism (FAR) is an initiative launched in May 2008 in response to the xenophobic violence in South Africa. This DVD features a collection of their short films:
AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS ALEX AKA ALEX directed by Danny Turken (24 min)
Captures the rising tensions in Alexandra township prior to the outbreak of xenophobic violence.

ANGELS ON OUR SHOULDERS directed by Andy Spitz (24 min)
A documentary on a group of Zimbabwean teachers in South Africa trying to establish some structure for themselves and their children after the attacks.

TWO CAMPS directed by Rehad Desai & Arya Lalloo (24 min)
Documents the struggles and fears of the residents of two transient refugee camps.

NOWHERE ELSE TO GO directed by Tumi Moroka (12 min)
A documentary on Jeppe police station which became a refugee camp overnight.

MARTINE AND THANDEKA directed by Xoliswa Sithole (24 min)
Two women speak about being attacked.

THE BURNING MAN directed by Adze Ugah (24 min)
A film on Ernesto Alfabeto Nhamuave, the Mozambican national who was burnt to death by a xenophobic mob.

CONGO MY FOOT directed by Okepne Ojang, Kyle O'Donoghue & Miki Redelinghuys (24 min)
Features the members of Tino La Musica, a Congolese band based in Cape Town scattered by the attacks.

BARAKA - BLESSING directed by Omelga Mthiyane & Riaan Hendricks (24 min)
Follows the foreign shop owners in Masiphumelele as they return to the township after the community publicly apologized.

ASIKHUMLUME - LET'S TALK directed by Richard Green (15 min)
A group of once exiled jazz musicians discuss xenophobia and how they were once welcomed across Africa.
 

Fish (L.) dir. THE LONG JOURNEY OF CLEMENT ZULU, , 59 minutes, DVD, , 1994.

  R175
  An award-winning documentary about three Robben Island prisoners, Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, Clement Zulu and James Mange, and their first year of freedom.
 

Foster (C.) & (D.) dir. THE NATURE OF LIFE, Africa's search for a sustainable future, 52 minutes, DVD, , 2009.

  R265
  A documentary on climate change that focuses on South African and southern African realities and highlights unique solutions coming out of Africa. Includes interviews with researchers from the Centre for Sustainable Energy at Stellenbosch University and features the Darling Wind Farm Project, solar-thermal farms in the Kalahari, existing eco-villages and South Africa's electric car, the Joule.

Winner of the Prize of Hope at the International Festival of Sustainable Development FIlms
 

Fox (R.) dir. THE FLYER, , 91 minutes, DVD, , 2005.

  R140
  A feature film about a young coloured boy saved from living on the streets of Cape Town by an old trapeze artist who introduces him into the world of trapeze flying.

This film won three director awards at the Panafricana Festival in Rome and a best film award at Giffoni-Hollywood Film Festival.
 

Gennrich (D.), Inglis (J.) & Kromberg (H.) eds. JOURNEYING FOR JUSTICE, stories of an ongoing faith-based struggle, 144 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.

  R192
  Compiled by the PACSA 30th Anniversary Collective.

Foreword by Desmond Tutu.

The experiences of men and women who have worked with the Pietermaritzburg Agency for Christian Social Awareness through thirty years of faith-based social justice work in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.
 

Giliomee (H.) THE AFRIKANERS, biography of a people, 715 pp., paperback, Cape Town, (2003) 2009.

  R390
  An expanded and updated edition of Herman Giliomee's narrative history of the Afrikaner people from the colonization of the Cape of Good Hope by the Dutch East India Company to the twenty-first century.

"A book to welcome...it includes an account of the origins and demise of apartheid that must rank as the most sober, objective and comprehensive we have." J.M.Coetzee

Herman Giliomee is Extraordinary Professor of History at the University of Stellenbosch. He has written thirteen books, including "The Shaping of South African Society", "From Apartheid to Nation-Building" and "The Awkward Embrace: one-party domination and democracy in industrialising countries".
 

Golovnin (V.M.) DETAINED IN SIMON'S BAY, the story of the detention of the Imperial Russisan sloop, Diana, April 1908 - May 1809, 108 pp., maps, paperback, Cape Town, (1964) 2009.

  R106
  Translated from the original Russian by Lisa Millner.
Edited and with additional notes by O.H.Spohr.

Vice-Admiral Vasilii Mihailovich Golovnin writes of his experiences and observations while in Simon's Bay. After experiencing a great storm at sea Golovnin decided to call at the Cape of Good Hope for fresh water and provisions. Golovnin and the Russian sloop he commanded, the Diana, were detained by the English fleet in Simon's Bay from 3 May 1808 until 29 May 1809, when they managed to escape.
 

Gunn (S.) & Puwana (Z.) eds. LOOKING INSIDE, five South African stories of people living with Albinism, 154 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R95
  This book is the result of a colloboration between the Human Rights Media Centre (HRMC) and the Western Cape Blind Association (WEBA). Includes interviews with Vuyiswa Kama, Vinkosi Sigwegwe, Nomonde Ngcizela, Mandisi Bangelo and Lucky Jackson, who live with Albinism.
 

Hendricks (B.) dir. OM TE SURVIVE IS DO OR DIE, , 50 minutes, DVD, , 2007.

  R175
  A thriller about Cape Flats gangs and drugs directed by poet Billy Hendricks, who also stars in the film.
 

Holomisa (S.P.) ACCORDING TO TRADITION, a cultural perspective on current affairs, 211 pp., paperback, (Cape Town), 2009.

  R140
  Sango Phathekile Holomisa is the traditional leader of amaHegebe in Mqanduli in the Eastern Cape and has been president of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa since 1990. He is an advocate, ANC activist and MP. In this collection of essays he provides an indigenous African perspective on contemporary issues in South Africa, such as the culture of violence, Africans in business, land redistribution, abandonded babies and street children, the use of African languages, traditional justice, the ANC leadership battle, Robert Mugabe, and HIV-AIDS.
 

Holt-Giménez (E.) & Patel (R.) FOOD REBELLIONS!, crisis and the hunger for justice, 260 pp., illus., paperback, Oxford & Cape Town, 2009.

  R243
  "In this very timely book, two of the most prominent critics of the global food system dissect the causes of hunger and the food price crisis, locating them in a political economy of capitalist industrial production dominated by corporations and driven by the search for profits for the few instead of the welfare of the many." Professor of Sociology Walden Bello, University of the Phillippines

"'Food Rebellions!' demonstrates the imperative to protect and enhance the multifaceted knowledge, practices, and lands of sustainable farmers. Contrary to some views, sustainable food systems are most helpful to the poor, especially the rural poor, who suffer the most from the dire social and ecological effects of industrial agriculture. Absent perverse subsidies to agrifood industries, what is good for farmers is also good for eaters and citizens. Holt-Giménez and Patel contribute to an urgent awakening - supported by practical experiments and expert reports - to the necessity and possibility for transforming food systems." Harriet Friedman, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto

Eric Holt-Giménez is Executive Director of Food First/ Institute for Food and Development Policy. He is the author of "Campesino a Campesino: voices from Larin America's Farmer to Farmer Movement for Sustainable Agriculture".
Raj Patel is an honorary research fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and works with the South African Shackdwellers' Movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo. He is also a fellow at Food First and a visiting scholar at the Centre for African Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of "Stuffed and Starved: markets, power and the hidden battle for the world food system".
 

Hugo (M.L.) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, an ecological guide to sustainable living in southern Africa, 24 minutes, CD-Rom, Pretoria, 2004.

  R230
  Integrates basic ecology with local management issues.

Prof. Leon Hugo teaches in the Dept. of Geography, Geo-informatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria.
 

Jackson (S.), Demissie (F.) & Goodwin (M.) eds. IMAGINING, WRITING, (RE)READING THE BLACK BODY, , 188 pp., illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2009.

  R263
  A collection of essays that explore how the Black body "has been historically produced and constructed as an object of desire, menace, literary trope and political embodiment of the 'Other'". The book grew out of an international conference, "The Black Body: imagining, writing, and re(reading)", held at DePaul University in 2004.

Contributions include "Displaying Africans at l'Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris, 1931" by Fassil Demissie,
"Unshackling Black Women's Bodies" by Dorothy E.Roberts,
"Blackwomen's Bodies as Battlegrounds in Black Consciousness Literature: wayward sex and (interracial) rape as tropes in Staffrider, 1978-1982" by Pumla Dineo Gqola, and
"Black Bodies and the Representation of Blackness in Imagined Futures" by Sandra Jackson.
 

Jantjes (G.) ed. STRENGTHS & CONVICTIONS, the life and times of the South African Nobel Peace Prize laureates, 207 pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Oslo, 2009.

  R625
  Published to accompany the travelling exhibition about the lives and times of the four South African Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Albert Luthuli, Desmond Tutu, FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. The exhibition opened at the IZIKO South African National Gallery in Cape Town in 2009.

Includes the laureates' presentation speeches and Nobel lectures and the essays, "From Conviction to a Democratic Constitution: the role of the laureates and Oliver Tambo in the making of South Africa's constitution" by Albie Sachs, "Trying the Un-Learn the Past: a current perspective on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission" by Antjie Krog and "Art and History" by Gavin Jantjes.
 

Key (L.) dir. REWIND, , 50 minutes, DVD, , 2008.

  R295
  A documentary based on "Rewind, a cantata for voice, tape and testimony" created in 2006 by composer Philip Miller to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In his composition Philip Miller integrates extracts of recorded testimony from TRC hearings as part of the music and as libretto. In her film Liza Key uses footage from a performance of the cantata filmed at the Market Theatre in 2008, news archive, an interview with Philip Miller and interviews with some of the victims and perpetrators included in the cantata.
 

Kingwill (H.) dir. BURIED IN EARTHSKIN, uncovering the hidden impact of South African's nuclear energy decisions, 50 minutes, DVD, 2009, .

  R140
  A documentary on the impact of nuclear power and the search for alternatives. Helena Kingwill visits the nuclear waste dump site in Namaqualand and interviews people of the Nama-Khoi tribe who live nearby. She also visits Pelindaba, the nuclear research centre near Pretoria, and speaks to officials about waste disposal. Includes interviews with Mike Kantey from the Coalition Against Nuclear Energy, Buyelwa Sonjica, the Minister of Minerals and Energy, Tony Stott of Eskom, Derick Elbrecht from the National Union of Mineworlers, economist Patrick Bond and Dr Harald Winkler from the Energy Research Centre at the University of Cape Town.
 

Kombuis (K.) SHORT DRIVE TO FREEDOM, a personal perspective on the Afrikaans rock rebellion, 256 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R190
  The memoir of Koos Kombuis, musician and author, about his involvement in the Alternative Afrikaans Movement of the 1980s and the Voëlvry tour.

Koos Kombuis has also written an autobiography, "Seks, Drugs & Boeremusiek: die memoires van 'n volksverraaier" (2000) and several novels and short story collections, some under the name André LeToit.

Also available in Afrikaans.
 

Krog (A.) A CHANGE OF TONGUE, , 376 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, (2003) 2004.

  R190
  Antjie Krog explores the themes of identity and belonging, transformation and change, and what it means to live in South Africa and Africa today.

Award-winning journalist and poet Antjie Krog has published eight volumes of poetry, several of which have been translated. Her book "Country of My skull" (1998), an account of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which she covered for the SABC and the Mail & Gaurdian newspaper, won the Alan Paton Award and the Olive Schreiner Award.
 

Lovell (L.) FOR THE LOVE OF JUSTICE, the autobiography of Leo Lovell, 182 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R106
  The memoirs of lawyer and politician Leo Lowell (1907-1976). A member of the Labour Party, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Benoni in a 1949 by-election. He was an outspoken opponent of apartheid in Parliament until 1958, when he lost the election and returned to law. In 1961 he opened a law office in Mbabane in Swaziland, and went on to become Swaziland's first Minister of Finance from 1967 to 1972.

Preface and postscript by Leo Lovell's daughter, Barbara Brown.
 

Marchand (T.H.J.) THE MASONS OF DJENNÉ, , 352 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Bloomington, 2009.

  R350
  In the town of Djenné in Mali, a town renowned for its mud-brick architecture, anthropologist Trevor Marchand signs on as a builder's apprentice. In this book he describes his journey from raw labourer to skilled craftsman, the processes involved in making and renewing buildings and the raising of a mud-brick house. He also explores the professional associations of masons, their social networks and their training.

"An elegantly written and important anthropological study of indigenous knowledge, building practices, and social relationships among contemporary Djenné masons in Mali." Mary Jo Arnoldi, Smithsonian Institution

Trevor Marchand is Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London.
 

Mashamaite (M.) DEMONCRACY [sic], seeking to exorcise the demons that bedevil African democracies, 309 pp., illus., paperback, Durban, 2009.

  R195
  Motivational speaker, writer and businessman Moss Mashamaite's critique of the state of African democracies.

From the first chapter:
"Africa remains the only continent where freedom rings with the wails of women and children, and the sounds of guns looming in the background, a form of musical accompaniment, track-sounds for the next episode of the most watched soapie, Let's call it "The Decline of a Squatter Camp." (If such a thing was ever possible)
Africa is the only continent that is less free after the advent of freedom than it was in the dark ages of blatant suppression and oppression.
Africa is the only continent that is less liberated after liberation has had its day in the sun on our cloud-bare skies than others. For that I cry liquid tears."

Moss Mashamaite is also the author of "The Moving Finger Writes, retelling the untold and the shabbily told story of the last ANC warrior, Jacob Zuma".
 

Mason (A.) & Curtis (J.) eds. DON'T JOKE!, the year in cartoons, 1 September 2008 - 21 August 2009, featuring South Africa's best political cartoonists, 95 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R175
  A collection of cartoons by Zapiro, Madam & Eve, Fred Mouton, Brandan, Yalo, Jerm, Dr Jack, Mgobhozi and many more.
 

Matabane (K.) dir. A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, , 70 minutes, DVD, , 2004.

  R160
  South African filmmaker Khalo Matabane travels across South Africa in a minibus taxi talking to the passengers and filming from inside the vehicle.

Khalo Matabane is also the director of the film "Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon".
 

Morgan (R.), Marais (C.) & Wellbeloved (J.R.) eds. TRANS, transgender life stories from South Africa, 244 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R165
  A collection of first-person accounts by transgender South Africans. The book began as an oral history project undertaken by Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA) and the transgender rights organisaiton, Gender DynamiX.

"The reflections on the experiences of gender contained in this book will enrich readers' understanding and deepen their awareness of the kind of very human quest that transgender people and those who love them have been undertaking for centuries." Jamison Green, author of "Becoming a Visible Man"
 

Ngculu (J.) THE HONOUR TO SERVE, recollections of an Umkhonto soldier, 271 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R240
  Foreword by Thabo Mbeki.

""Reinforced by diligent research the book provides telling insight into the reasons for MKs formation; explains what motivated its cadres and details their training and preparation; provides graphic details of campaigns and operations; illustrates how the strategy and tactics of People's War evolved..." Ronnie Kasrils

This book is shorlisted for the 2010 Alan Paton Award for non-fiction.

As a young man James Kgculu was inspired by the 1976 Soweto Uprising to join Umkhonto we Sizwe in exile in Botswana. He served as Secretary of the Regional Commissariat in Angola, worked in Maputo in the Internal Reconstruction Unit on Maputo and was Assistant Administrator at the Military HQ in Lusaka. He was also one of the founding members of MK Military Intelligence. In 1991 he returned to South Africa after getting a job in the University of Natal's Education Policy Unit. In 1994 he was elected Provincial Secretary of the ANC in the Western Cape, later serving as Provincial Chairperson. In 1998 he was elected to Parliament where he served on the Defence Portfolio and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence. Hi is also co-author of the book, "Ourselves to Know - Civil-Military Relations, Defence Transformations in Southern Africa".
 

Ngwenya (J.B.) I AIN'T YO BITCH, , 166 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R145
  A novel about a hip hop star by Jabulile Ngwenya.
 

Redelinghuys (M.) dir. KEISKAMMA, a story of love, 90 minutes, DVD, , 2007.

  R295
  A documentary about the making of the massive Keiskamma tapestry, an altarpiece made by 140 women from Hamburg, a tiny village in the Eastern Cape devastated by unemployment, poverty and HIV/AIDS. The tapestry reflects the stories of the people of Hamburg. The film follows Dr Carol Hofmeyr as she divides her time between Umthawelanga Hospice where she works, house calls, and visiting the women creating the altarpiece.

This documentary won the Ousmane Sembene Films for Development Award at the 12th Zanzibar International Film Festival.
 

Rode (L.) text & Moodie (F.) illus. IN THE NEVER-EVER WOOD, , 235 pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R250
  Translated from the Afrikaans by Elsa Silke. Also available in Afrikaans as "In die Nimmer-Immer-Bos".

A collection of sixty fairy tales and other folklore from around the world, selected and retold by Linda Rode and illustrated by Fiona Moodie. Includes many African tales.
 

Rudner (B.) dir. VOICES OF AFRICA, episodes 1 - 13, 13 x 26 minutes, 4 x DVD, , 2006.

  R460
  A thirteen-part television series in which South African poets from different cultural backgrounds focus on various aspects of South African life, culture and heritage. Filmed across the country and in fourteen languages with English subtitles, each poet dicusses and reads one of their poems. Poets include Gcina Mhlope, Diana Ferrus, Kholekile McForeman Manciya, Antjie Krog, Kelwyn Sole, Cebisile Hlmabo, Danisile Ntuli, Elphus Jawa Mhlanga, Belinda Kruiper, Pedro Dausab, Naledi Agatha Dlamini, Suzan "Didi" Nahlatsi, Michael Cope, Botsotso Jesters, Jitsvinger, Ingrid de Kock, Mbongeni Khumalo and Gabeba Baderoon.
 

Schoeman (K.) HANDELSRYK IN DIE OOSTE, die wêreld van die VOC, 1619-1688, 351 pp., hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2009.

  R300
  The second-part of the planned five-part work, "Kolonie aan die Kaap", in which Karel Schoeman describes the activities of the VOC in Holland and the East around the time the refreshment station at the Cape was established. The first volume in the series, "Patrisiërs & Prinse" is available @ R300.
 

Seekings (J.C.) RUDD, the search for a Cape Merchant, 210 pp., illus., paperback, Bradford-on-Avon, 2009.

  R225
  John Cormac Seekings' story of researching the life of Charles Dunell Rudd (1844-1916), Cecil John Rhodes' main business associate. Rudd and Rhodes became partners in 1872, working diamond claims in Kimberley and dealing in diamonds. In 1880, together with others, they formed De Beers Mining Company. In 1887 they registered Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd. In 1888 Rudd secured an agreement to the mineral rights of Mashonaland and Matabeleland from Lobengula, King of Matebeleland, an arrangement known as "The Rudd Concession".
 

Shillinger (K.) ed. AFRICA'S PEACEMAKER?, lessons from South African conflict mediation, 260 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R175
  A collection of papers that examine South Africa's conflict mediation in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cotê d'Ivoire and Sudan.

Contributions include "Learning Lessons from South African Engagement in African Crises" by Kurt Shillinger,
"South Africa's Implementation of Its Own Peacekeeping Model in Africa: a reality check" by Daniel Kroslak,
"Healer or Hegemon: assessing perceptions of South Africa's role in African mediation" by Kwesi Aning,
"Courting El Bashir: South Africa, Sudan and Darfur" by Laurie Nathan, and
"Lessons from the Burundi Peace Process" by Jan van Eck.
 

Sleeper-Smith (S.) ed. CONTESTING KNOWLEDGE, museums and indigenous perspectives, 362 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Lincoln, 2009.

  R395
  A collection of essays that illustrate the importance of indigenous perspectives for museums.

Contributions include "Ethnographic Elaborations, Indigenous Contestations, and the Cultural Politics of Imagining Community: a view from the District Six Museum in South Africa" by Ciraj Rassool,
"The Legacy of Ethnography" by Ray Silverman,
"Ethnographic Showcases as Sites of Knowledge Production and Indigenous Resistance" by Zine Magubane, and
"Museums and Indigenous Perspectives on Curatorial Practice" by Jacki Thompson Rand.

Susan Sleeper-Smith is a professor at Michigan State University.
 

Smith (P.J.) THE LOST SHIP SS WARATAH, searching for the Titanic of the south, 191 pp., illus., paperback, Gloucestershire, 2009.

  R239
  In 1909 the SS Waratah embarked upon her second voyage, from Sydney to the UK via South Africa. The ship vanished between Durban and Cape Town. To this day not a trace has been found of the ship or her passengers.

Includes the diaries of Walter Smith, a key figure on the two original search missions, as well as the journals of the captains of each search vessel. Also includes an account by dive specialist Emlyn Brown, who conducted an underwater search for the vessel in 1989.
 

Sparks (A.) FIRST DRAFTS, South African history in the making, 399 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R205
  A collection of veteran journalist Allister Sparks' writings on South Africa over the past decade, taken from his syndicated column, "At Home and Abroad", which appears in several South African newspapers, as well as reports he has written as a political analyst for various investment institutions. He covers issues such as the Mbeki presidency, the Zimbabwe crisis, HIV-AIDS and the rise to power of President Jacob Zuma.

Award-winning journalist Allister Sparks is a former editor of the Rand Daily Mail and served as a correspondent for The Economist, The Washington Post and The Observer of London. He was awarded a Nieman Fellowship to study at Harvard Univesity in 1962/63 and has taught at several American universities. He now works as a political analyst serving the investment community. His other books include "Tomorrow is Another Country", "Beyond the Miracle" and "The Mind of South Africa".
 

The Southern African Housing Foundation BUILDING YOUR OWN HOME, , 74 minutes, DVD, , 2009.

  R195
  A DVD produced by the Southern African Housing Foundation that "demonstrates and explains the step-by-step process of building your own home which incorporates the preparation, building terms, tools required, foundations, foundation walls, floor slab, doors & windows, lintels & roof tiles, electrical installation, water & drainage, plastering, glazing, painting and then the finishing process."
 

van der Spuy (U.) OLD NECTAR, a garden for all seasons, 208 pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R250
  Gardener Una van der Spuy's book on the famous garden she has created at her home, Old Nectar, in the Jonkershoek Valley near Stellenbosch. The garden at Old Nectar is the only private garden in South Africa to have been designated a National Monument.
 

van Niekerk (A.), Suffla (S.) & Seedat (M.) eds. CRIME, VIOLENCE AND INJURY PREVENTION IN SOUTH AFRICA, data to action, 201 pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2009.

  R125
  A biennial publication published by the South African Medical Research Council that seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of crime, violence and injury as a public health concern. It is intended as a resource for policymakers, funders and service providers focused on translating the data into injury prevention policies and practices.

Contributions include "Adverse Driving Behaviours: the case of aggression, excessive speed and alcohol impairment" by Anesh Sukhai and Mohamed Seedat,
"Current Trends and Responses to Crime in South Africa" by Barbara Holtman and Carmen Domingo-Swarts,
"Caught Between Policy and Practice: health and justice responses to gender-based violence" by Dee Smythe, Lilian Artz, Helene Combrinck, Katherine Doolan and Lorna Martin, and
"Murder and Robbery in South Africa: a tale of two trends" by Antony Altbeker.
 

Villa-Vicencio (C.) WALK WITH US AND LISTEN, political reconciliation in Africa, 225 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R227
  Foreword by Desmond Tutu.

Charles Villa-Vicencio discusses the need for reconciliation in any successful political transition after violent conflict.

"Villa-Vicencio has written a powerful reminder to hold justice in tension with genuine reconciliation, and a challenge to well-meaning international institutions to work in partnership with countries in conflict." Alex Boraine, Chairperson, International Center for Transitional Justice

"Villa-Vicencio returns reconciliation to its rightful place at the heart of discussions of transitional justice. He shows that, far from being the purview of romantics and fantasists, reconciliation after mass atrocity entails courage, risk, leadership, and above all the space for messy dialogue. In a field increasingly dominated by templates and one-size-fits-all remedies, Villa-Vicencio's call for a form of reconciliation that is culturally relevant and politically aware is most welcome" Phil Clark, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford

Charles Villa-Vocencio is a visiting research fellow at The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University, and a senior research fellow at the Institutue for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town.
 

Walker (M.) MUIZENBERG, a forgotten story, 160 pp., 4to., illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R215
  A history of Muizenberg, a Cape Town suburb on the False Bay coast, from 1880 to 1930. From the early 1900s until 1950 Muizenberg was the premier holiday resort in South Africa.
 

Walker (S.) DEALING IN DEATH, Ellen Pakkies and a community's struggle with tik, 236 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R160
  Sylvia Walker discusses the situation of Ellen Pakkies, a working mother from Lavender Hill on the Cape Flats, who strangled her son, a tik addict, in 2007, and was sentenced to community service. She also looks at the global and local drug culture and the impact of drug and alcohol abuse on those who live in poverty.
 

Wilson (L.) dir. FOR WHICH I AM PREPARED TO DIE, , 83 minutes, DVD, , 2009.

  R195
  A documentary on Roger Bushell, the London barrister and squadron-leader who masterminded the Great Escape of World War II, in which 76 men tunnelled under the wire at Stalag Luft 111, a German camp built in the forests of Zagan.
 

Zapiro DON'T MESS WITH THE PRESIDENT'S HEAD, , 136 pp., illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009.

  R140
  The newcollection of Jonathan Shapiro's (Zapiro) cartoons, published annually since 1996.
 

Zapiro & Cassuto (T.) ZA NEWS, Vol 01, 80 minutes, DVD, , 2009.

  R100
  A selection from the online satirical news show using puppets created by Zapiro and Thierry Cassuto.