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A City Refracted
Graeme Williams
Johannesburg's inner city has, since the mining town's formation, served as the first stop for new arrivals. As such it has always been vibrant and in a constant state of flux. Grame Williams initially started photographing the area in the nineties …
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2015,
Hardcover,
160 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431421640
100 USD
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Johannesburg,
2015,
Hardcover,
160 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431421640
A drain on our dignity
Masixole Feni
As a photojournalist, Feni spends a lot of time photographing service delivery strikes and protest in the townships. Often the images that make it into the newspapers are only of the looting and burnings. Renting a backyard room in an informal settl…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2018,
Paperback,
96 p., photos,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431425525
65 USD
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Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2018,
Paperback,
96 p., photos,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431425525
Alexandra. A backstory
Solam Mkhabela
Alexandra: A Backstory is a powerful graphic novel that uncovers the hidden history of Alexandra Township, a vibrant and resilient community nestled in Johannesburg. Through stunning visuals and poignant storytelling, this book reveals the complex w…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2024,
109 p., il,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431435319
172 USD
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Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2024,
109 p., il,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431435319
An Eloquent Picture Gallery
The South African portrait photographs of Gustav Theodor Fritsch, 1863-1865
Keith Hamilton Dietrich, Andrew Bank, Gustav Fritsch
Bringing to life a unique cultural gallery of both known and unknown figures of the early 1860s with an astonishing veracity, this remarkable photographic collection is a visual documentation of South Africa's people. Aesthetically stunning and of s…
Jacana Media
Auckland Park, South Africa,
2009,
Paperback,
176 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781770096417
72 USD
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Jacana Media
Auckland Park, South Africa,
2009,
Paperback,
176 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781770096417
A Simple Man
Kasrils And The Zuma Enigma
Ronnie Kasrils
Ronnie Kasrils’s insights in A Simple Man into Jacob Zuma, both shocking and revelatory, are vividly illuminated through this story, from their shared history in the underground to Kasrils’s time as minister of intelligence and his views on South Af…
Jacana Media
Auckland Park,
2017,
Paperback,
283 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431425778
89 USD
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Jacana Media
Auckland Park,
2017,
Paperback,
283 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431425778
As you like it
African perspectives on gender, social justice and sexuality
(
Volume II
)
The second offering in the Gerald Kraak annual anthology, As You Like It, is a collection of the short-listed entries submitted for the Gerald Kraak Award. This anthology offers a window into deeply located visions and voices across Africa. It bring…
Jacana Media
Jacana Media,
2019,
Paperback,
172 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431426669
63 USD
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Jacana Media,
2019,
Paperback,
172 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431426669
Brett Murray
Brett Murray
Documenting artist Brett Murray's career over the past 30 years, this book boasts both powerful imagery and reflective texts from his 80s cultural/struggle work, through his career to The Spear--the natural outcome of his art and reflections on inju…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2014,
Hardcover,
300 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431408511
113 USD
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Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2014,
Hardcover,
300 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431408511
Cattle Of The Ages
Stories And Portraits Of The Ankole Cattle Of Southern Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa, Daniel Naude
In this majestic book, new South African president Cyril Ramaphosa reveals his passion and love for cattle as he introduces us to the magnificent Ankole cattle, originating in Uganda, and now, through his intervention, flourishing in South Africa.
He…
Jacana Media
Auckland Park, South Africa,
2017,
Hardcover,
196 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-1-4314-2581-5
158 USD
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Auckland Park, South Africa,
2017,
Hardcover,
196 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-1-4314-2581-5
Comrade king
Khulu Radebe, Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
At age 50, and proving a prophet's prediction correct, Khulu Radebe learned about his royal roots. He was informed that he was the ruler of the AmaHlubi people of the Embo Nation, a nation that stretches along the east coast of Africa. In chroniclin…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2023,
Soft,
222 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431429981
65 USD
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Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2023,
Soft,
222 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431429981
Confronting apartheid
A personal history of South Africa, Namibia and Palestine
John Dugard
Most personal histories of apartheid in Southern Africa tell the story of the armed struggle. This book is about opposition to apartheid within the law and through the law. South Africa achieved notoriety for its apartheid policies and practices bot…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
312 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431427352
75 USD
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Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
312 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431427352
Confronting inequality
The South African crisis
Michael Nassen Smith
South Africa remains the most unequal country in the world, with a Gini coefficient of 0.63 in 2015. In terms of wealth, the top percentile households hold 70.9% while the bottom 60% holds a mere 7%. 76% of South Africans face an imminent threat of …
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
200 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928232735
57 USD
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Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
200 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928232735
Divorce smart
The girls’ guide to divorcing well
Christel du Toit
This book is a step-by-step guide for women to navigating the legal paperwork, childcare planning and financial security issues one will face during and after a divorce. Divorce Smart: The Girl’s Guide to Divorcing Well gives readers clear, concise …
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
200 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431426836
55 USD
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Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
200 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431426836
Flashes in her soul
The life of Jabu Ndlovu
(
Book 2
)
Karin Pampallis, Edward Webster
This is the life and times of Jabu Ndlovu—wife, mother, worker, union activist—who fought for the rights of her fellow workers and community members. Flashes in Her Soul is the second book in the Hidden Voices series and is the story of Jabu Ndlovu,…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
168 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928232520
47 USD
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Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
168 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928232520
Good capitalism, bad capitalism
The role of business in South Africa
Raymond Parsons
South Africa has entered a new era, with the country’s recently elected president, Cyril Ramaphosa, promising a ‘new dawn’. But will President Ramaphosa and his administration, together with business and labour, be able to turn the economy around an…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
230 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431426188
67 USD
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Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
230 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431426188
Good capitalism, bad capitalism
The role of business in South Africa
Raymond Parsons
Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism: The role of business in South Africa offers an insightful and balanced account of how the business sector and particularly organised business has influenced South Africas political and socio-economic trajectory over …
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2018,
Paperback,
210 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431426188
57 USD
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Johannesburg,
2018,
Paperback,
210 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431426188
I am Ndileka
More than my surname
Ndileka Mandela
Ndileka Mandela is a social activist, former ICU nurse and the head of a rural upliftment organisation known as the Thembekile Mandela Foundation. Born to Madiba Thembekile Mandela (Nelson Mandela’s first born), who died in a car accident while his …
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2020,
Paperback,
256 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431429066
73 USD
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Johannesburg,
2020,
Paperback,
256 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431429066
Inside Apartheid's Prison
With Contemporary Reflections On Life Outside The ANC
Raymond Suttner
The student revolt that began in October 2015, was an uprising against lack of access to, and financial exclusion from, higher education in South Africa. More broadly, it radically questioned the socio-political dispensation resulting from the 1994 …
Jacana Media
Auckland Park, South Africa,
2017,
Paperback,
200 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-1-4314-2517-4
73 USD
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Auckland Park, South Africa,
2017,
Paperback,
200 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-1-4314-2517-4
In township tonight
David B. Coplan
This edition will include a new introduction, reflecting on the once unimaginable changes in South African black music and theatre that have occurred over the past 20 years, two new empirical chapters updating events and trends in black music and th…
Jacana Media
Auckland Park, South Africa,
2007,
Paperback,
455 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781770093904
87 USD
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Auckland Park, South Africa,
2007,
Paperback,
455 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781770093904
Is the Party Over?
Oscar van Heerden
‘By the early evening, the irresolute and weakened Ramaphosa slate left no one unscathed – not Mabuyane, not Lamola, not the Mkhize camp. The Ramaphosa caucus was tarnished by infighting. The Mkhize camp was initially none the wiser as to whether Ma…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2024,
200 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431434480
225 USD
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Johannesburg,
2024,
200 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431434480
It's me, Marah : an autobiography
Marah Louw
Legendary music icon writes tell-all book ‘Show business as we know it is very unpredictable. For a few years I was the talk of the town. It was getting hard to even go shopping without being mobbed by fans.’ – Marah Louw With a career spanning over…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2018,
Paperback,
240 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-1-928337-37-9
30 USD
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Johannesburg,
2018,
Paperback,
240 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-1-928337-37-9
Legacy of the mine
Ilan Godfrey, Sakhela Buhlungu
Ilan Godfrey is the winner of the 2013 Ernest Cole Photographic Award. Legacy of the Mine is a visual narrative of untold stories, exploring the consequences of mining on South Africa's land and people. The objective was to reveal through the lens t…
Jacana Media
Auckland Park, South Africa,
2013,
Hardcover,
158 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431408610
82 USD
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Auckland Park, South Africa,
2013,
Hardcover,
158 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431408610
Lives of great men
Chike Frankie Edozien
From Victoria Island, Lagos to Brooklyn, USA to Accra, Ghana to Paris, France; from across the Diaspora to the heart of the African continent, in this memoir Nigerian journalist Chike Frankie Edozien offers a highly personal series of contemporary s…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2018,
Paperback,
224 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431427567
180 USD
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Johannesburg,
2018,
Paperback,
224 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431427567
Living coloured
Because black and white were already taken
Yusuf Daniels
Living Coloured (Because Black and White were Already Taken) is a compilation of short stories that is an ode to an era all Cape Coloured people will instantly recognise – from the nightclubbing at Space Odyssey and the shenanigans at the Mitchells …
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
112 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431428816
59 USD
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Johannesburg,
2019,
Paperback,
112 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781431428816
Memory and magic
Contemporary art of the !Xun and Khwe
Hella Rabbethge-Schiller
The collection of 82 artworks gives an overview on the works of eleven artists of the !Xun and Khwe community which has been collected by Hella Rabbethge-Schiller between 1994 and 2004. The !Xun and Khwe community is the largest community of bushmen…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2006,
Paperback,
114 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9781770092303
99 USD
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Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2006,
Paperback,
114 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9781770092303
Memory and magic
Contemporary art of the !Xun and Khwe
Hella Rabbethge-Schiller
The collection of 82 artworks gives an overview on the works of eleven artists of the !Xun and Khwe community which has been collected by Hella Rabbethge-Schiller between 1994 and 2004. The !Xun and Khwe community is the largest community of bushmen…
Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2006,
Hardcover,
114 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9781770091962
89 USD
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Jacana Media
Johannesburg,
2006,
Hardcover,
114 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9781770091962
