The Struggle For District Six
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The Struggle For District Six
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Author : Shamil Jeppie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Struggle For District Six written by Shamil Jeppie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Cape Town (South Africa) categories.
The Struggle For District Six
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Author : Shamil Jeppie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Struggle For District Six written by Shamil Jeppie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Cape Town (South Africa) categories.
District Six
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Author : Yousuf Joe Rassool
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-02-10
District Six written by Yousuf Joe Rassool and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-10 with categories.
The context is Cape Town, South Africa of the 1930s as seen through the pre-teen eyes of the author, Yousuf 'Joe' Rassool when 'life was one interminable summer'. This family history covers the era of Gandhi in South Africa through the early Anti-Apartheid struggle. Rassool recalls characters of the time with a crystal clarity that is both the blessing and curse of those who went into exile. He brings to life No. 7 Buitencingle Street, the unoccupied and shuttered ancestral family home of the Gools that is opened to their relatives, the Rassools, as temporary accommodation. The house, now run down, spoke of a former grandeur, of lost nobility and wealth. It was once the venue of dignitaries, politicians, and intellectuals including Dr Abdulla Abdurahman, Henry Sylvester Williams, and MK Gandhi.Gool and several other associates including Dr. A. Abdurahman (who formed the African People's Organization), J. M. Wilson (Gool's African American accountant and business partner), Advocate Henry Sylvester Williams (who had called the first Pan African Congress and was the first black man to serve on the Cape Supreme Court) and J. W. Boyce became increasingly involved in the campaign to protest the erosion of the rights of non-whites, eventually leading to a strong political support of and friendship with Gandhi. Gool wrote to Gandhi in 1897. Gool and his associates shared the same belief that education was an essential weapon for their children to resists the assaults on their human rights. Their outlook transcended notions of race and was visionary even by today's standards. These visionaries were by no means revolutionaries - they did not propose the overthrow of the government nor Empire. Instead they simply wanted to claim their rights as subjects under the institution that they so revered. Abdul Hamid's return to the Cape in 1911 was in just in time to save No 7 Buitencingle from being sold and to arrest the declining family fortune. The house became the surgery and dispensary for his new medical practice. MK Gandhi, who had logged Abdul Hamid's educational progress in Indian Opinion, helped refurbish the front room by puttying and staining the wood floor. Gandhi often stayed at Buitencingle when he visited Cape Town. The Gools cared for Gandhi's frail wife, Kasturba. Abdul Hamid would hail Gandhi as 'Mahatma' in his farewell address in 1914.Friendship between the families brought together Abdul Hamid Gool, and Abdurahman's eldest daughter, Cissie. They were married in 1919. Cissie Gool became a legendary political force. Another Gool daughter, Gadija, married Advocate Christopher, one of Gandhi's lieutenants.Gool's association with Gandhi also led to a romance between Gool's daughter Timmie and Manilal, Gandhi's son. Gandhi eventually vetoed their marriage proposal citing the marriage between a Hindu and Muslim would be like 'putting two swords in one sheath.'Rassool continues, in Part Two of the book, to describe life in District Six in an era of great turbulence as the old colonial decay gave rise to the ghastly social experiment of Apartheid. He recalls characters of the time with a crystal clarity that is both the blessing and curse of those in exile. A world frozen in the time capsule of Joe's mind is exposed for a new generation to better understand their origins. His history is not a simpering glorification of the new order in post-Apartheid South Africa. Instead it covers the period during which the very nature of struggle and resistance was wrestled with in debating societies, schools, and cricket clubs. The struggle for a New South Africa that is revealed was not a linear, unified, coherent march of righteousness. It was, at times, egotistical, undisciplined, and destructive. Joe gives a fly-on-the-wall account of the key meetings of the Unity Movement, from the point of view of a young activist, and of its split whose fault-line ran right through the middle of his family.
Language In Cape Town S District Six
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Author : Kay McCormick
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2002
Language In Cape Town S District Six written by Kay McCormick and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The book is a sociolinguistic case study of District Six, an inner-city neighbourhood in Cape Town characterized by language mixing and switching of English and Afrikaans. Its early inhabitants included indigenous people, freed slaves of African and Asian origin, and immigrants from Europe andelsewhere. The ravages of apartheid affected the residents' attitudes towards their languages in various ways, which are described. The book examines the norms and practices regarding language choice for various functions and domains in the only surviving sector of District Six. It also containsdetailed analyses of extended bilingual conversations showing a range of social, linguistic and discourse features. Of particular interest is the paradoxical polarization and blending of the two languages. They are strongly polarized symbolically and functionally, yet they are also habituallyblended in vernacular speech through lexical borrowing and intrasentential language switching. This paradox has interesting implications for the construction of individual, community and language identity.
A Passion To Liberate
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Author : Fritz Pointer
language : en
Publisher: Africa World Press
Release Date : 2001
A Passion To Liberate written by Fritz Pointer and has been published by Africa World Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Apartheid in literature categories.
A literary biography of one of South Africa's most extraordinary and eminent men of letters, Justine Alexander La Guma, better known as Alex La Guma. Concerned with the writing life of one of South Africa's most prolific, eloquent and courageous authors, it covers his contribution in the fight to overturn apartheid as well as his literary work and journalism.
The Emergence Of The South African Metropolis
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Author : Vivian Bickford-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-05-16
The Emergence Of The South African Metropolis written by Vivian Bickford-Smith and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-16 with History categories.
A pioneering account of how South Africa's three leading cities were fashioned, experienced, promoted and perceived.
Recalling Community In Cape Town
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Author : Ciraj Rassool
language : en
Publisher: X Museum
Release Date : 2001
Recalling Community In Cape Town written by Ciraj Rassool and has been published by X Museum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Reference categories.
Buckingham Palace District Six
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Author : Richard Rive
language : en
Publisher: David Philip Publishers
Release Date : 1996-08-16
Buckingham Palace District Six written by Richard Rive and has been published by David Philip Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08-16 with English fiction categories.
Here is the story of Mary and the Girls, of Zoot, Pretty-Boy and Oubaas, of the Abrahams family who came from Bo-Kaap, of Last-Knight the barber and his prim wife. This novel is written in tribute to the people of District Six so that we do not forget.
You Are Now In Fairyland
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Author : Elizabeth Anne Thornberry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
You Are Now In Fairyland written by Elizabeth Anne Thornberry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with District Six (Cape Town, South Africa) categories.
The Last Days Of District Six
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Last Days Of District Six written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Cities and towns categories.
