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Can Themba

Author : Siphiwo Mahala
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1776147340
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book Can Themba written by Siphiwo Mahala and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahala's biography gives insight into the life and writing of Can Themba (1924–1967), an iconic figure of the South African literary world and Drum journalist who died in exile This rich and absorbing biography of Can Themba, iconic Drum-era journalist and writer, is the definitive history of a larger-than-life man who died too young. Siphiwo Mahala's intensive and often fresh research features unprecedented archival access and interviews with Themba's surviving colleagues and family. Mahala’s biography takes a critical historical approach to Themba’s life and writing, giving a picture of the whole man, from his early beginnings in Marabastad to his sombre end in exile in Swaziland. The better-known elements of his life – his political views, passion for teaching and mentoring, family life and his drinking – are woven together with an examination of his literary influences and the impact of his own writing (especially his famous short story 'The Suit') on modern African writers in turn. Mahala, a master storyteller, deftly follows the threads of Themba's dynamic life, showcasing his intellectual acumen, scholarly aptitude and wit, along with his flaws, contradictions and heartbreaks, against a backdrop of the sparkle and pathos of Sophiatown of the 1950s. Can Themba’s successes and failures as well as his triumphs and tribulations reverberate on the pages of this long-awaited biography. The result is an authoritative and entertaining account of an often misunderstood figure in South Africa's literary canon.

The World of Can Themba

Author : Can Themba
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The World of Can Themba written by Can Themba and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Will to Die

Author : Can Themba
Publisher : New Africa Books
ISBN 13 : 9780908396870
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book The Will to Die written by Can Themba and published by New Africa Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Themba

Author : Lutz van Dijk
Publisher : Aurora Metro Publications Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1906582491
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Themba written by Lutz van Dijk and published by Aurora Metro Publications Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hard-hitting, and emotional story set in South Africa, following Themba and his dreams of becoming a famous footballer. Themba grows up dreaming of becoming a football star. One day he leaves the village and travels with his sister to the city in search of their mother. Life is a struggle and Themba has to grow up fast. A lucky break gives him the chance to train as a footballer and play professionally – but Themba has a secret – should he tell the truth about his HIV and risk everything he’s ever dreamed of? ~ Themba won an IBBY award - Best Book for Young People. Karin Chubb was Shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation for Themba, a unique award celebrating the high quality and diversity of translated fiction for young readers. The book was also made into an award-winning film. “Beautifully translated from the original ... it is a book full of hope and the more young people who read books like this and who come to understand how other young children live, the more this hope will spread.” Books, Teens and Magazines “Themba reminds me of my own childhood and youth in a township close to a small village in the Transvaal in South Africa: Like him I wanted to escape poverty, like him I had the hope that our world will be a just world one day – and like him I loved my mother who was working at the time as a maid for a white family. To be very honest: in soccer Themba seems to be simply better than I was.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu “READ OF THE MONTH” Pride magazine “...an inspirational coming of age drama about a young South African boy’s escape from poverty and the pusuit of a dream.” Spling onliner “It’s a rags to riches story – a story of hope, of dreaming your dreams and achieving them, and it’s also a story of friendship...” The Sunday Independent “It’s a really engaging book, and because Aids is a serious issue, it made us want to carry on reading more about it.” Durning Library teenage reading group “Beautifully translated from the original and it is an easy and straightforward read. However, the storyline is tough – poverty, AIDS and death haunt the pages of the book. The reader learns about the hardship of life for many ordinary South Africans (even after Mandela came to power) and the struggle for those families who have a family member suffering from AIDS. The problems they face do not lie solely in a lack of medication and good nutrition; it also lies in the ignorance of their neighbours and friends and a refusal of many to acknowledge the illness and help the ill. However this is not a depressing book – it is a book full of hope and the more young people who read books like this and who come to understand how other young children live, the more this hope will spread.” Books, Teens and Magazines

African Delights

Author : Siphiwo Mahala
Publisher : Jacana Media
ISBN 13 : 1431402516
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book African Delights written by Siphiwo Mahala and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2011 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The suit continued -- The dress that fed the suit : Zukiswa Wanner -- The lost suit -- White encounters -- Bhontsi's toe -- Hunger -- The truth -- The other truth -- So many truths -- The queen of the highlanders -- African delights -- The best of African delights -- Afterword: Ten years of writing.

Afrika

Author : Colleen Craig
Publisher : Tundra Books
ISBN 13 : 0887768075
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Afrika written by Colleen Craig and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traveling to South Africa with her journalist mother, thirteen-year-old Kim explores the country's diverse and often shocking history, while trying to unlock the secret that has always kept her from knowing her father.

The Emergence of the South African Metropolis

Author : Vivian Bickford-Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107002931
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Emergence of the South African Metropolis written by Vivian Bickford-Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering account of how South Africa's three leading cities were fashioned, experienced, promoted and perceived.

Requiem for Sophiatown

Author : Can Themba
Publisher : Penguin Classics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Requiem for Sophiatown written by Can Themba and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2006 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Requiem for Sophiatown' is a collection of 25 short stories and sketches from Can Themba's creative work.

For my Country

Author : Themba Maseko
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1776190548
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book For my Country written by Themba Maseko and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'When I joined the struggle as a 13-year-old boy in Soweto, I would never have imagined that one day I would blow the whistle on a special kind of corruption that was destroying the party and the values I had been fighting for all my life.' In 2010, government spokesperson Themba Maseko was called to the Gupta family's Saxonwold compound and asked by Ajay Gupta to divert the government's entire advertising budget to the family's media company. When Maseko refused to do so, he was removed from his position and forced to leave the public service. The life of this once-proud civil servant would never be the same again. Maseko, whose activism was forged in the Soweto uprising of 1976, is a product of the struggle, and has always been unfailingly loyal to the principles of the ANC. In 2016, when the party called on members with evidence of wrongdoing by the Guptas to step forward, Maseko was the only one to do so. For this courageous act of whistleblowing, he was ostracised, slandered and even threatened. As a former senior state official, Maseko also offers a rare insider's view of the presidencies of Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma and of the inner workings of government. Compelling and revelatory, For My Country shows what it takes to stand up for one's principles and defy the most powerful man in the country.

To Kill a Man's Pride, and Other Stories from Southern Africa

Author : Norman Hodge
Publisher : Raven Press (South Africa)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Kill a Man's Pride, and Other Stories from Southern Africa written by Norman Hodge and published by Raven Press (South Africa). This book was released on 1984 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Can Themba

Author : Siphiwo Mahala
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1776147324
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book Can Themba written by Siphiwo Mahala and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahala's biography gives insight into the life and writing of Can Themba (1924-1967), an iconic figure of the South African literary world and Drum journalist who died in exile Can Themba: The Intellectual Tsotsi, a Biography brings to life the iconic South African writer and journalist, Can Themba, (21 June 1924 - 8 September 1967) who died while exiled in Swaziland in 1967. Best known for his classic short story, 'The Suit', Themba has been somewhat of an enigma, with very little known about his personal life. This biography brings forth the voices of those who had personal interactions with him, shining the light on different aspects of his life including education, literature, journalism and political fraternities. It features interviews with prominent individuals including his former students, Abdul Bham, Pitika Ntuli, and Mbulelo Mzamane; journalistic mentees Juby Mayet and Joe Thloloe; as well as friends, colleagues and contemporaries Parks Mangena, Peter Magubane, Jurgen Schadeberg, Don Mattera, and Nadine Gordimer; in addition to artists and academics Mothobi Mutloatse, Muxe Nkondo and Njabulo S. Ndebele. Also featured in this biographical text are veteran political figures such as Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Lindiwe Mabuza and Ahmed Kathrada. Themba's intellectual acumen, scholarly aptitude and witticism are some of his most revered characteristics amongst those who had interactions with him either in person or through comprehensive reading of his works. Mahala is a master storyteller and deftly weaves together the threads of Themba's dynamic life. In this edifying biography Mahala recreates the sparkle and pathos of Sophiatown of the 1950s and the Drum era. Can Themba's successes and failures, as well as his triumphs and tribulations reverberate on the pages of this long-awaited biography.

The House of Truth

Author : Siphiwo Mahala
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780620759007
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The House of Truth written by Siphiwo Mahala and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Can Themba

Author : Siphiwo Mahala
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1776147316
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)

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If You Keep Digging

Author : Keletso Mopai
Publisher : Blackbird Books
ISBN 13 : 1928337864
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book If You Keep Digging written by Keletso Mopai and published by Blackbird Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If You Keep Digging is a moving collection of short stories that is an essential addition to current and on-going discussions that affect the youth including those around migration, gender, sexuality and identity. The selection of stories highlights marginalised identities and looks at the daily lives of people who may otherwise be forgotten or dismissed. 'Monkeys' is a skilful commentary on domestic violence, toxic masculinity, patriarchy (and how it is racialised), power dynamics between white and black men and how children come to 'know' that they are white or black. 'Skinned', whose protagonist is a woman with albinism, is a powerful story about learning to accept that you deserve love when the world constantly tells you otherwise. In 'Fourteen' the author deftly demonstrates the ability to play with concepts of time and reality. It is a compelling story about potential and how one can feel unfulfilled despite having hopes and ambitions.

When A Man Cries

Author : Siphiwo Mahala
Publisher : Pan Macmillan South africa
ISBN 13 : 1770104070
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book When A Man Cries written by Siphiwo Mahala and published by Pan Macmillan South africa. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Themba Limba is a family man who is caught between his flourishing career as a teacher and municipal councillor in the township of Sekunjalo, and his overriding sexual interests. Despite his attempts to maintain his status in the community, his actions eventually lead to his downfall. What follows is an account - sometimes tragic, occasionally humorous, and always compelling - of Themba's efforts to regain his dignity and pride in the eyes of his family and community. *When a Man cries *is an uncompromising and engrossing novel about the challenges of manhood in contemporary South African society. It interrogates the dynamics of township life and the human and socio-economic realities of the most impoverished communities in post-apartheid South Africa.

Where the River Runs Gold

Author : Sita Brahmachari
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1510105468
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Where the River Runs Gold written by Sita Brahmachari and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Sita Brahmachari is a World Book Day author for 2021 with gorgeous short story, The River Whale!* Two children must risk everything to escape their fate and find the impossible . . . bold adventure, timely climate change themes and breathtaking writing, from award-winning author Sita Brahmachari. 'Lavishly written and full of love of the natural world.' - Sunday Times Shifa and her brother, Themba, live in Kairos City with their father, Nabil. The few live in luxury, whilst the millions like them crowd together in compounds, surviving on meagre rations and governed by Freedom Fields - the organisation that looks after you, as long as you opt in. The bees have long disappeared; instead children must labour on farms, pollinating crops by hand so that the nation can eat. The farm Shifa and Themba are sent to is hard and cruel. Themba won't survive there and Shifa comes up with a plan to break them out. But they have no idea where they are - their only guide is a map drawn from the ramblings of a stranger. The journey ahead is fraught with danger, but Shifa is strong and knows to listen to her instincts - to let love guide them home. The freedom of a nation depends on it . . . Endorsed by Amnesty International.

Who Killed Mr. Drum?

Author : Fraser Grace
Publisher : Oberon Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Who Killed Mr. Drum? written by Fraser Grace and published by Oberon Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story based on the book by Sylvester Stein