Max Du Preez
Auteur de Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Max Du Preez
Of Tricksters, Tyrants and Turncoats: More Unusual Stories from South Africa's Past (2008) 25 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1951-03-03
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- South Africa
- Professions
- Newspaper editor
- Prix et distinctions
- 2008 - Nat Nakasa Award for fearless reporting[
1991 - Louis M. Lyons Award for conscience and integrity in journalism
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Membres
- 148
- Popularité
- #140,180
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 25
- Langues
- 1
So it was was with all of that in mind that I picked up this book, and I've been truly blessed in doing so. It really is a lot of unusual stories of South Africa's past. It shows however divided and different we may have believed ourselves to be, we really aren't. It contains stories about Shaka, Jan van Riebieeck, the Khoikhoi, Apartheid and eventual Democracy, among others.
(Some time in the next few days I'll add an excerpt or two that really moved me.)
Reading this reminded me of why I am proud to be an African.… (plus d'informations)