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NEW ARRIVALS
February 2010


 

Achmat (Z.) dir. APOSTLES OF CIVILIZED VICE, , 104 minutes, DVD, , 1999.

  R265
  A documentary that explores the history of homosexuality in South Africa from colonial times to the present.
 

Achmat (Z.) dir. LOVE AND FREEDOM, , 95 minutes, DVD, , 2005.

  R265
  A two-part documentary that examines ten years of the South African Constitution. Part 1, "Who was Mrs Konani?", looks at landmark judgements handed down by the Constitutional Court, such as the abolition of the death penalty. Part 2, "A Nice Country", introduces women and men who have used the legal space provided by the Constitution to build democracy. The case of the Treatment Action Campaign for the use of antiretrovirals to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV is explored, amongst others.
 

African National Congress MK IN TANZANIA, , 62 minutes, DVD, , 1992.

  R350
  Highlights of the visit of ANC Secretary General Cyril Ramaphosa and MK Chief of Staff Siphiwe Nyanda to the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) camps in Uganda and Tanzania on 16th December 1992.
 

Akokpari (J.), Ndinga-Muvumba (A.) & Murithi (T.) eds. THE AFRICAN UNION AND ITS INSTITUTIONS, , 390 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2008.

  R155
  The Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town conceived and edited this collection of essays on the African Union.

"This book is a welcome and timely intervention by academics and practitioners on the main challenges facing the AU in implementing the Constitutive Act. An analysis on the current institutional capacity of the AU will contribute immensely towards the debate on the Union Government. This book is a must-read for those interested in regional integration." Welile Nhlapo, South African Ambassador to the United States

"An informative publication which joins scholars, activists and policy makers into a discourse that has been considered for a long time an exclusive preserve of governments and diplomats." Salim Ahmed Salim, Former Secretary General of the OAU and Special Envoy of the AU for Darfur

Contributions include "Renaissance of Pan-Africanism: the AU and the new Pan-Africanists" by Kay Mathews,
"Dilemmas of Regional Integration and Development in Africa" by John Akokpari,
"The Peacekeeping Role of the OAU and the AU: a comparative analysis" by Solomon Gomes,
"Accelerating the Response: an evolving African HIV/AIDS policy?" by Angela Ndinga-Muvumba,
"The Birth and Evolution of NEPAD" by Chris Landsberg,
"The Pan-African Parliament: progess and prospects" by Baleka Mbete,
"Africa and Gender Equality: priorities for the AU" by Winnie Byanyima, and
"The AU and the EU" by Daniel Bach.
 

Bank (A.) ed. KRONOS 35, southern African histories, November 2009, 288 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R220
  Kronos is published annually by the Department of History and the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape.

Contributions include "Demanding Satisfaction: violence, masculinity and honour in late eighteenth-century Cape Town" by Nigel Worden,
"Utopia Live: singing the Mozambican struggle for national liberation" by Paolo Israel,
"Land Redistribution Politics in the Eastern Cape Midlands: the case of the Lukhanji municipality, 1995-2006" by Luvuyo Wotshela, and
"Photographic Portraiture, Neighbourhood Activism and Apartheid's Industrial Legacy: reflections on the Breathing Spaces exhibition" by Marijke du Toit and Jenny Gordon.
 

Bitzer (E.) ed. HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA, a scholarly look behind the scenes, 462 pp., paperback, Stellenbosch, 2009.

  R280
  A collection of articles on the current state of South African higher education.

Contributions include "Universities and Public Goods: in defence of democratic deliberation, compassionate imagining and cosmopolitan justice" by Yusef Waghid,
"The Curriculum as an Institution in Higher Education" by Jonathan Jansen,
"The Professional Development of Academics: in pursuit of scholarship" by Liezel Frick & Chris Kapp,
"Institutional Governance in SA Higher Education: for the common good or political power-play?" by Magda Fourie, and
"Research Within the Context of Community Engagement" by Ruth Albertyn & Priscilla Daniels.
 

Blank (M.) dir. TESTING HOPE, Grade 12 in the new South Africa, 40 minutes, DVD, , 2007.

  R236
  A documentary that chronicles the lives of four young people at Oscar Mpetha High School in Nyanga township outside Cape Town as they work towards their Matric exams, which they believe will decide their future. These students began school in 1994, the year apartheid ended and Nelson Mandela became president. The film looks at what awaits the students who pass, and those who fail, given that 52% of the people aged 16 to 25 are umemployed.
 

Bosch (L.) dir. A TRULY WONDERFUL ADVENTURE, , 48 minutes, DVD, , 2007.

  R265
  A documentary about the 1980 student boycott in the Western Cape co-ordinated by the famous "Committee of 81", a student organisation comprised of student representatives from the different schools. Through the use of archival footage and interviews with past students Lederle Bosch retraces the events that led up to the death of the 11 year old Bernard Fortuin at the hands of the police.
 

Breytenbach (B.) NOTES FROM THE MIDDLE WORLD, , 214 pp., paperback, Chicago, 2009.

  R185
  A collection of essays in which Breyten Breytenbach "takes readers on a journey through the 'Middle World', an imagined space beyond borders and exile, toward an embracing vision of justice for the 'un'citizens' post-modernity has dispossessed." from the back cover

Painter, poet, activist and writer, Breyten Breytenbach is a Global Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at New York University.
 

Butlin (R.A.) GEOGRAPHIES OF EMPIRE, European empires and colonies c.1880-1060, 673 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Cambridge, 2009.

  R490
  An account of how the British, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Belgian, German and Italian imperial powers and the indigenous populations experienced imperialism and colonisation in the period 1880 to 1960.

"Robin Butlin's 'Geographies of Empire' does a great service for all those concerned with the historical geography of Eurpean empires from the advent of the new imperial age in the 1880s to the decolonisation movements of the 1960s. The reader has set before them a unique comparative examination of all Europe's imperial powers across an impressive range of geographical themes, including exploration, mapping, environment, transport, land use and urbanisation. The broad sweep of empire's geographies has never been so fully and accessibly surveyed" Miles Ogborn, Queen Mary, University of London.

Robin Butlin is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Leeds. His previous publications include "Geography and Imperialism, 1820-1940, co-edited with M.Bell and M.Heffernan.
 

Cartmill (J.) dir. HOW TO HIP HOP!, MC, B-Boy, DJ, Write, Knowledge of Self, 60 minutes, DVD, , 2004.

  R195
  An introduction to Hip Hop culture presented by Cape Town-based Black Noise, South Africa's oldest Hip Hop group.

Includes six Black Noise music videos.
 

de Vries (J.) dir. CASA DE LA MUSICA, the house of music, 52 minutes, DVD, , 2003.

  R265
  A documentary exploring the musical and cultural links between Havana, Cuba, and Cape Town, South Africa.

This film won the Audience Award for Best S.A.Documentary at the 2003 Encounters Film Festival.
 

de Wet (R.) BLOU UUR, , 51 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

  R65
  Introduction by Temple Hauptfleisch.

"As daar ooit iets soos 'n perfekte Afrikaanse drama in teks en opvoering sou kon wees, staan 'Blou uur' voor in die ry." Kobus Burger in Die Burger

A new play by award-winning playwright Reza de Wet, author of "Diepe Grond", "Mis", "Mirakel" and "Drif".

Text in Afrikaans.
 

Houston (G.F.) THE NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLE IN SOUTH AFRICA, a case study of the United Democratic Front, 1983-1987, 299 pp., maps, hardback, Aldershot, 1999.

  R195
  Gregory Houston examines the strategy and tactics of the ANC-led alliance and the material and political grievances that generated popular protest and organisation as the two main elements underlying that emergence, nature, role and activities of the United Democratic Front.
 

Kondlo (K.) IN THE TWILIGHT OF THE REVOLUTION, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (South Africa), 1959-1994, 340 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Basel, 2009.

  R250
  A history of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) and the rise of the Africanist ideology in South Africa.

"Dr Kondlo uses PAC documents and veterans' memories to produce an innovative history of the movement...the first academically reputable history of the PAC from its turbulent beginning in 1959 to the twilight years of the revolution that ended in 1994." Patrick Harries, University of Basel

Kwandiwe Merriman Kondlo is currently Executive Director of the Programme of Democracy and Governance at the Human Science Research Council, Visiting Adjunct Professor at the University of Witwatersrand's School of Public and Development Management and an Honorary Research Associate attached to the NRF Chair in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cape Town.
 

Kondlo (K.) & Maserumule (M.H.) eds. THE ZUMA ADMINISTRATION, critical challenges, 146 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2010.

  R150
  A collection of essays on the issues facing the Zuma government.

Essays include "Consolidating a Developmental State Agenda: a governance challenge" by Mashupye H Maserumule,
"Rural Development Under a 'Developmental' State: analysing the policy shift on agrarian transformation in South Africa" by Gilingwe Mayende,
"Public Service Delivery Issues in Question" by Modimowabarwa H Kanyane, and
"Socio-Economic Development and Poverty Reduction in South Africa" by Polly Mashigo.
 

Kynoch (G.) WE ARE FIGHTING THE WORLD, a history of the Marashea gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999, 200 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Ohio and Pietermaritzburg, 2005.

  R175
  Gary Kynoch describes the combination of coercive force and administrative weakness that characterized the apartheid state and made it possible for the Marashea (or the "Russians"), a violent African criminal society, to operate outside of government control throughout the apartheid era. For Kynoch, the Marashea's ability to prosper is at the root of the violent crime epidemic that currently plagues South Africa.

"An extremely important contribution to South African scholarship that also offers a wealth of findings for comparative scholarship in the fields of colonialism, state formation, police science, criminology, resistance, migration, and gender studies." Tom Lodge, author of "Politics in South Africa"

Gary Kynoch is an assistant professor of history at Dalhousie University in Halifax.
 

Lang (D.) SAVING MANDELA'S CHILDREN, the true story of South Africa's unwanted children, 398 pp., paperback, (East London), 2008.

  R140
  Dianne Lang is a human rights activist for children who worked with abandoned, abused, neglected and orphaned children in the Eastern Cape. She established the SA CARE Trust in 2000 in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and opened the Dianne Lang Foundation Children's Home in 2002.
 

Lapierre (D.) A RAINBOW IN THE NIGHT, the tumultuous birth of South Africa, 288 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Philadelphia, 2009.

  R195
  Originally published in 2008 in French as "Un arc-en-ciel dans la nuit". Translated into English by Kathryn Spink.

A history of South Africa by Dominique Lapierre, co-author of "Is Paris Burning" and "Freedom at Midnight".
 

Lewis (J.) dir. BROTHERS IN ARMS, , 83 minutes, DVD, , 2007.

  R265
  A documentary on Ronal Humboldt, the only South African to fight in the Cuban Revolution. Filmed in South Africa, Cuba and Angola.
 

Lewis (J.) dir. DIE SKERPIOEN ONDER DIE KLIP, Afrikaans van kolonialisme tot demokrasie, 30 minutes, DVD, , 1997.

  R265
  A documentary on the history and development of the Afrikaans language. In Afrikaans with English subtitles.
 

Lewis (J.) dir. GONIWE'S CALLING, , 24 minutes, DVD, , 2004.

  R265
  A documentary about Goniwe Stuurman, a gay man from Langa undergoing training as a sangoma.
 

Lewis (J.) dir. SANDO TO SAMANTHA, aka The Art of Dikvel, 52 minutes, DVD, , 1999.

  R265
  A docu-drama that combines interview mateiral and drama to tell the story of Sando Willemse, aka Samantha Fox, a drag queen from Bonteheuwel in Cape Town. While a member of the South African Defence Force, Sando was tested for HIV without having given his permission. His positive status was disclosed to his entire squad and he was summarily discharged.
 

Lewis (J.) dir. SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION, to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, 48 minutes, DVD, , 2008.

  R265
  Documents the 2008 visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by a South African delegation that included Judge Edwin Cameron and AIDS activist Zackie Achmat.
 

Lewis (J.) dir. SPARES AND BESTIES, , 48 minutes, DVD, , 1999.

  R265
  Produced to encourage frank discussion about sex and sexuality amongst youth, the film looks at the impact of multiple concurrent partnerships, intergenerational and transactional sex, all of which contribute to the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic.
 

Lewis (J.) dir. TANIA RAISED US, , 48 minutes, DVD, , 2004.

  R265
  A documentary on the "horse and cart" people of Cape Town.
 

Nicol (M.) KILLER COUNTRY, , 318 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2010.

  R170
  The second part of Mike Nicol's Revenge Trilogy that began with the thriller, "Payback", also available @ R165

Mike Nicol is the author of several works of non-fiction and six novels, including "The Powers That Be", "This Day and Age", and the thriller, "Out to Score", written with Joanne Hichens.
 

Peterson (D.R.) & Macola (G.) eds. RECASTING THE PAST, history writing and political work in modern Africa, 276 pp., paperback, Ohio, 2009.

  R275
  A collection of essays on African historical writing.

Contributions include "The War of the Books, Petros Lamula and the cultural history of African nationalism in twentieth-century Natal" by Paul la Hausse de Lalouvière,
"'When You Shake a Tree', the precolonial and the postcolonial in northern Namibian history" by Patricia Hayes,
"Imagining the Nation, Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula between politics and history" by Giacomo Macola, and
"Law, Polities, and Inference" by Richard Rathbone.
 

Pinchuck (T.) & McCrea (B.) THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CAPE TOWN, THE WINELANDS & THE GARDEN ROUTE, , 340 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, New York etc, 2008.

  R230
  A travel guide to Cape Town and the surrounding region.

"Rough Guides are impeccably researched, written in a hugely entertaining style and are very well organised." The Cape Times

"Clarkes Bookshop...The best place in Cape Town for South African books, with a huge selection of local titles covering literature, history, politics, natural history and the arts, plus very well-informed staff. They also deal in collectors' editions of South African books." from page 150
 

Silke (R.) dir. THE SATYR OF SPRINGBOK HEIGHTS, , 54 minutes, DVD, , 2009.

  R177
  A "mocumentary" produced, written and directed by architect Robert Silke, who describes the film as "a comedic satire about a building full of tragic people - all of whom 'know' a saryr."

Filmed in one of Cape Town's iconic buildings, Holyrood, in Queen Victoria Street, and inspired by an article on the Art Deco building written by journalist Lin Sampson for the Sunday Times, the film also stars Lin Sampson, UCT architecture professor Fabio Todeschini, cultural historian and drama lecturer John Caviggia, and well-known Cape Town vagrant Caroline Abrams, who all play themselves.
 

Time Out Guides CAPE TOWN, , 280 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, London, (2004) 2009.

  R195
  Time Out's city guide to Cape Town, the winelands and the garden route, written by a team of local residents.

"Honest, authoritative, encyclopaedic, incisive...these are definitely the best, most comprehensive city guides in print today." The Independent

"And the winner is..Time Out, of course. Cutting-edge insider info means you'll be eating, drinking and sleeping in the right places." The Sunday Times

"The gold standard among the city's book vendors, Clarkes's is to local literati what the Shakespeare & Company bookstore is to Paris. Clarkes is wonderfully laden with new, second-hand and rare books, maps and other published material. A long-time champion of local authors and a fund of academia, this is one of Cape Town's most esteemed resources." from page 134
 

van der Merwe (F.) ESSAYS ON SOUTH AFRICAN SPORT HISTORY, , 152 pp., paperback, Stellenbosch, 2009.

  R159
  A collection of papers on South African sport history presented at international conferences over the past three decades by Floris van der Merwe, Professor of Sport History at the University of Stellenbosch.
 

Versfeld (M.) THE PHILOSOPHER'S COOKBOOK, , 211 pp., hardback, d.w., Harpenden, 2007.

  R150
  A reprint of Martin Versfeld's philosophical treatise on cooking, first published in South Africa in 1983 as "Food for Thought: a philosopher's cookbook".

"A book of profound wisdom and a great delight." André Brink

Martin Versfeld (1909 - 1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town and wrote widely on theology, Continental thought and Eastern mysticism.
 

Winkler (H.) TAKING ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, long term mitigation scenarios for South Africa, 228 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2010.

  R289
  Describes the work on mitigation actions and proposals for four strategic options that South Africa can pursue in order to make a just transition to a low-carbon economy and society.


"The participatory and inclusive approach adopted in the development of the Long Term Mitigation Scenarios involving key stakeholders from business, labour, civil society and government has been critical in building a growing consensus that South Africa would have to peak, stabilise and decline its emissions by 2050. As one of the top twenty emitters in the world this is indeed a necessary consensus. The fact that the LTMS has been endorsed by the South African government means that we will see a transition to a low carbon sustainable economy being achieved in this country." Tasneem Essop, International Climate Policy Advocate, WWF- South Africa

Comes with a CD which includes the original technical report and summary, as well as high-level technical information and graphics.

Harald Winkler is Associate Professor at the Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town. He led the LTMS research and is an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) author.
 

Zegeye (A.) MULATU ASTATKE, the making of Ethio jazz, 56 pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2009.

  R163
  An introduction to the life and music of Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke. Includes a conversation between Meskerem Assegued and Mulatu Astatke.
 

Zegeye (A.) & Vambe (M.) CLOSE TO THE SOURCES, essays on contemporary African culture, politics and academy, 172 pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2009.

  R190
  A collection of reworked articles and academic papers that explore the relationships between politics, culture, literary creativity, criticism, education and publishing in the context of promoting Africa's indigenous knowledge systems.

Abebe Zegeye is Director of the Wits Institute of Social and Economic Research (WISER), University of Witwatersrand.
Maurice Vambe is Associate Professor in the Department of English Studies, University of South Africa.