Nothing Left to Steal

Nothing Left to Steal PDF Author: Mzilikazi wa Afrika
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 0143531409
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 267

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This tell-all memoir reveals the details behind Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika's exposure of the R1.7 billion lease scandal between police commissioner Bheki Cele and property tycoon Roux Shabangu, for which he was infamously arrested in 2010. It is also the riveting account of how a neglected boy in an unknown village became one of South Africa's most awarded investigative reporters and found himself at the receiving end of the corruption that had defeated those he helped put in power. Fearless in the face of corrupt authorities with sinister political motives, and fervent about justice, Wa Afrika's life was characterised by resistance to oppression and inequality from an early age. Destined to defend and uphold the principles of democracy, his story is the inspiring tale of an ordinary man, armed with a pen, who challenged the proverbial giant.

Nothing Left to Steal

Nothing Left to Steal PDF Author: Mzilikazi wa Afrika
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 0143531409
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 267

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Book Description
This tell-all memoir reveals the details behind Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika's exposure of the R1.7 billion lease scandal between police commissioner Bheki Cele and property tycoon Roux Shabangu, for which he was infamously arrested in 2010. It is also the riveting account of how a neglected boy in an unknown village became one of South Africa's most awarded investigative reporters and found himself at the receiving end of the corruption that had defeated those he helped put in power. Fearless in the face of corrupt authorities with sinister political motives, and fervent about justice, Wa Afrika's life was characterised by resistance to oppression and inequality from an early age. Destined to defend and uphold the principles of democracy, his story is the inspiring tale of an ordinary man, armed with a pen, who challenged the proverbial giant.

Path of Blood

Path of Blood PDF Author: Peter Becker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140049787
Category : Ndebele (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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Dictionary of African Historical Biography

Dictionary of African Historical Biography PDF Author: Mark R. Lipschutz
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520066113
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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Book Description
The acclaimed Dictionary of African Historical Biography, the only single-volume biographical work on Sub-Saharan African history, has been expanded and updated to include entries on over eight hundred people important in Sub-Saharan African history up to 1980.

The Ndebele Nation

The Ndebele Nation PDF Author: Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Publisher: Rozenberg Publishers
ISBN: 9036101360
Category : Ndebele (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 231

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Shaka the Great

Shaka the Great PDF Author: Gabriel Kingsley Osei
Publisher: Black Classic Press
ISBN: 9781580730303
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 66

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A passionate history of Shaka, the great Zulu warrior and chief. Osei leads us from his humble birth and difficult youth to his rise as one of Africa's and the worlds greatest leaders.

Zimbabwe's Cultural Heritage

Zimbabwe's Cultural Heritage PDF Author: Pathisa Nyathi
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 0797428976
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 147

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Zimbabwe's Cultural Heritage won first prize in the Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association Awards in 2006 for Non-fiction: Humanities and Social Sciences. It is a collection of pieces of the culture of the Ndebele, Shona, Tonga, Kalanga, Nambiya, Xhosa and Venda. The book gives the reader an insight into the world view of different peoples, through descriptions of their history and life events such as pregnancy, marriage and death. "...the most enduring book ever on Zimbabwean history. This book will help people change their attitude towards each other in Zimbabwe." - Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association Awards citation

Zimbabwean Transitions

Zimbabwean Transitions PDF Author: Mbongeni Z. Malaba
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9042023767
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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This collection of essays on Zimbabwean literature brings together studies of both Rhodesian and Zimbabwean literature, spanning different languages and genres. It charts the at times painful process of the evolution of Rhodesian/ Zimbabwean identities that was shaped by pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial realities. The hybrid nature of the society emerges as different writers endeavour to make sense of their world. Two essays focus on the literature of the white settler. The first distils the essence of white settlers' alienation from the Africa they purport to civilize, revealing the delusional fixations of the racist mindset that permeates the discourse of the "white man's burden" in imperial narratives. The second takes up the theme of alienation found in settler discourse, showing how the collapse of the white supremacists' dream when southern African countries gained independence left many settlers caught up in a profound identity crisis. Four essays are devoted to Ndebele writing. They focus on the praise poetry composed for kings Mzilikazi and Lobengula; the preponderance of historical themes in Ndebele literature; the dilemma that lies at the heart of the modern Ndebele identity; and the fossilized views on gender roles found in the works of leading Ndebele novelists, both female and male. The essays on English-language writing chart the predominantly negative view of women found in the fiction of Stanley Nyamfukudza, assess the destabilization of masculine identities in post-colonial Zimbabwe, evaluate the complex vision of life and "reality" in Charles Mungoshi's short stories as exemplified in the tragic isolation of many of his protagonists, and explore Dambudzo Marechera's obsession with isolated, threatened individuals in his hitherto generally neglected dramas. The development of Shona writing is surveyed in two articles: the first traces its development from its origins as a colonial educational tool to the more critical works of the post-1980 independence phase; the second turns the spotlight on written drama from 1968 when plays seemed divorced from the everyday realities of people's lives to more recent work which engages with corruption and the perversion of the moral order. The volume also includes an illuminating interview with Irene Staunton, the former publisher of Baobab Books and now of Weaver Press.

Warrior Chiefs of Southern Africa

Warrior Chiefs of Southern Africa PDF Author: Ian Knight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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The Zimbabwe African People's Union, 1961-87

The Zimbabwe African People's Union, 1961-87 PDF Author: Eliakim M. Sibanda
Publisher: Africa World Press
ISBN: 9781592212767
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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This book is an exploration of the political history of insurgency in SOuthern Rhodesia. During the early years of its struggle, ZAPU employed non-violent means to try and achieve its goal for majority rule and a non-racial society. Because of the belligerancy of the White settler regime, ZAPU added the armed resistance to its strategy and went on to build a formidable army. Problems escalated and alliances were built and dissolved until, tired of being hunted down and butchered, the ZAPU leadership decided to merge its party with the ruling party in December 1987.

Zulu Kings and their Armies

Zulu Kings and their Armies PDF Author: Diane Canwell
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1844150607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Covering nearly one hundred years of Zulu military history, this book focuses on the creation, maintenance, development, tactics and ultimate destruction of the Zulu army. It studies the armies, weapons and tactics under the rule of the five Zulu kings from Shaka to Dinizulu. The rule of each of the five kings is examined in terms of their relationships with the army and how they raised regiments to expand their influence in the region. All the major battles and campaigns are discussed with reference to the development of the weapons and tactics of the army.