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Description for African Delights
Paperback. 200 pages. African delights is a unique literary journey through some critical moments in South African history. The journey begins in Sophiatown of the 1950s, one of the most definitive periods in South African urban culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DN; HBJH. Dimension: 211 x 138 x 18. Weight: 272.
A unique literary journey through select critical moments in South African history, this collection of short stories opens in Sophiatown of the 1950s—one of the most definitive periods in South African urban culture—and concludes by exploring the social fabric of contemporary society. Simple yet profound, the stories span generations, demonstrating the painful rhythms of a society in distress in the 1980s through the eyes of a child as well as the transitional period of the 1990s through the life of young man torn between the old and new world, eventually exploring the first decade of South African democracy. Informative and ... Read more
A unique literary journey through select critical moments in South African history, this collection of short stories opens in Sophiatown of the 1950s—one of the most definitive periods in South African urban culture—and concludes by exploring the social fabric of contemporary society. Simple yet profound, the stories span generations, demonstrating the painful rhythms of a society in distress in the 1980s through the eyes of a child as well as the transitional period of the 1990s through the life of young man torn between the old and new world, eventually exploring the first decade of South African democracy. Informative and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781431402519
SKU
V9781431402519
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Ref
99-2
About Mahala
Siphiwo Mahala is the head of books and publishing at the national Department of Arts and Culture in South Africa and the author of When A Man Cries.
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