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CA: Greenhaven Press. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 0737701188 . SOFTCOVER Edition - Greenhaven Press 2000. Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Light edgewear to laminate on cover, interior of pages clean and tight, light soiling to outer edges. 212 pages. B/w illus. "Political leaders, scholars, foreign policy and development experts, and human rights activists are among those featured in this anthology that examines important contemporary issues facing Africa". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "School Library Journal : "Written by educators, scientists, journalists, doctors, veterinarians, members of the clergy and advocates. This excellent volume will elicit group discussion and help to develop critical thinking and analysis of sensitive issues. " [280-osl] .

PA: Fortress Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Second Printing. Softcover. 0800620623 . Corner & edge wear, corner curling, light staining on a few pages. Old price stickers.. Interior pages otherwise clean & tight. This is Tshenuwani Simon Farisani's harrowing account of the suffering inflicted on a single human being by the brutalities of apartheid. Farisani shows us the terror of torture, the fear of death, and the eventual victory of faith....the author is Dean of the Devhula Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa. He is an outspoken critic of apartheid and has been imprisoned four times for his beliefs. (osl) ; 8vo .

Cape Town, SA: Howard Timmins. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover has very light wear to spine ends & edges, light soiling to outer edge of pages. Interior pages are clean & tight. There is a small donation stamp inside cover as well as a very neatly written small inscription on endpage. Colour fontispiece and numerous b/w photos & illustrations throughout. 271 pages. Jacket has edgwear, rubbing along edges, and several small tears & chips, age yellowing and light soiling. The authentic story of unknown sea mysteries, of ships and men in South African waters, of treasure ships and lost and abandoned ships along the South African coast, and dramas on the lonely isles in African waters.... ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Harper Perennial. Very Good+. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0140122346 . Harper 1990, ISBN: 0060920661. 8vo (8" tall). Light corner wear, small remainder mark bottom edge - interior clean and unmarked. B/w photos. 429 pages. Nelson Mandella is the most important political prisoner of our time. An ordinary man who sacrificed his personal life and promising career as an attorney to become a living symbol of his cause....; 8vo; "There was no better person to write such a narrative than Fatima Meer. "-Winnie Mandela. (400-noto) .

London: Frederick Muller Ltd.. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover - VG+, dustjacket - fair to good. Hardcover is clean and tight with a small amount of spotting to outer edge of pages. Interior of pages clean and unmarked. Jacket has age tanning and numerous edge tears and chips, light soiling, not price clipped. "Since Oliver Walker pilloried White Supremacists in his country in the widely-read Kaffirs are lively, South Africa, under a Nationalist Government, has earned the reputation of being "the polecat of the world". According to the author, "South Africa's capacity to continue flouting world opinion depends on three things which are discussed at length in the book.....; 8vo; They are non-intervention by the great powers; more and more draconian measures to prevent insurrection among the subject Blacks, Indians and Coloureds; and no ganging-up by the thirty-four new Black states to the North..." . (*lower shipping… Read More