Bridglal (Bridge) Pachai, a life long advocate of social justice, was born in a thatched roof cottage in Umbulwana, South Africa. His journey has taken him from South Africa to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Along the way he has taught history at universities in South Africa, Malawi, The Gambia and Halifax. He has also served as director of the Black Cultural Centre in Nova Scotia and as director of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. In the words of Tom McInnis, his senior when Bridge was director of the Human Rights Commission, he could dance with the lords and be with the paupers. B/w photos, 197pp, CANADA. FERNWOOD PUBLISHING.

An introduction to the lives and works of five exceptional African intellectuals based in the former Cape Colony in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this unique work aims to recount and preserve a part of African intellectual heritage which is not widely known. Ntsikana, Tiyo Soga, John Tengo Jabavu, Mpilo Walter Benson Rubusana and Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi were pioneers within the African community, contributing their thoughts and intellect to various fields, including literature and poetry, politics, religion and journalism. Bib, b/w photos, 76pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL.

The second volume of his celebrated autobiography covers the years 1957 to 1983 as he deals with the realities of his homecountry after he returns to South Africa from exile. Gloss, 258pp, SOUTH AFRICA. RAVAN PRESS, 086975484X

1984 Paperback

Andrew Feinstein became an active member of the ANC in the 1980s, and campaigned energetically for the party in the first democratic elections. He was elected to parliament and rose swiftly through the ranks, earning the label 'Mr Clean' for his unstinting work against graft and corruption. His feelings of euphoria at being part of the new South Africa slowly soured. Initially disappointed by the constant jockeying for power and the denialist AIDS policy of President Thabo Mbeki, Feinstein's disillusionment grew as he sought unsuccessfully to investigate the corruption surrounding the Arms Deal. Isolated from his former comrades, Feinstein was forced to choose between his principles and the party he had so admired. This is his story. 287pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL.

The author narrates a warm and moving story of childhood in urban Johannesburg, and the rural village of Bokala. 172pp, SOUTH AFRICA. RAVAN PRESS. 0869754467

1993 Paperback

Autobiography beginning with Ray Alexander Simons' childhood in Latvia. Her life spans several turbulent decades of South African history. Feminist, communist, trade unionist, anti apartheid activist this life story covers her fight for the rights of all South Africans. Covers the difficult years she and partner Jack Simons spent in exile in Zambia. Includes list of acronyms, family tree and chronology. Index, b/w and colour photographs, 378pp, SOUTH AFRICA. STE PUBLISHERS.

The story of three generations of a Chinese family who moved to South Africa in the early twentieth century and remained in Johannesburg through the upheavals and trials of the century. The author describes their struggle with identity and belonging and the impact of apartheid on their sense of home. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 283pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP/NEW AFRICA BOOKS, 0864866488

Using the manuscript of Basner's autobiography found after his death in 1977, Miriam Basner provides an account of forty years of her husband's radical political life as seen by him. As a maverick lawyer, ex communist and for five years, Native Representative in the South African Senate, Basner's life provides a testimony on rural African politics during the late 1930s and 1940s. Index, notes, 49pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Life story of South African tycoon and philanthropist Anton Rupert, the story of small town boy who grew up during the Depression, struggled to find enough money to study science, and then made good as a businessman, spectacularly so, reaching Forbes' list of the 500 wealthiest people world-wide. His Rembrandt group of companies became a highly successful conglomer-ate with interests across the globe, owning brands like Cartier, Mont Blanc, Van Cleef & Arpels and Dunhill. Within decades, a family dynasty was built up, making the Ruperts, next to the Oppenheimers, one of the richest families in Africa. Illus, 466pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG PUBLISHERS LTD.

On 21 March, 1960, the sixteen-year-old Ace Mgxashe was among a dozen Langa High students whose curiosity led them to an anti-pass rally at the Langa Flats bus terminus. Within minutes he was caught up in a deadly barrage of police bullets, teargas and baton charges. The Langa killings were to be a turning point in his life, which henceforth would be dedicated to the Pan-Africanist Congress. Mgxashe became deeply embroiled in the underground, was captured and sent to Robben Island, where he served with the likes of Robert Sobukwe and Nelson Mandela. Index, b/w photos, 229pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG.

During the apartheid years Ronnie Kasrils worked for the ANC, its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe, and the South African Communist Party. This is an account of these years of the liberation struggle. This 2004 revised and updated edition has eight new chapters and many new photographs, covering the years from 1994. Map, b/w illus, index. x, 356pp. SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL PUBLISHERS.

Now in paperback. Reveals the complex figure behind the saintly public mask, showing him to be a man of both dazzling talents and crippling secret fears. BNS, 688pp, USA. YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0300091036

The new edition brings together the original text of Bandiet: Seven Years In A South African Prison and previously unpublished stories and poems including those dealing with the author's experience with the truth and reconciliation commission and his return to South Africa after twenty years in exile. 264pp, SOUTH AFRICA. RANDOM HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA, 0958446814

The first full length biography of Dr Beyers Naude drawing on extensive interviews with Dr Naude, his colleagues and contemporaries. Having reached the highest office of the Dutch Reformed Church, Dr Naude drew back from power and honour, challenged and inspired by the Black Consciousness movement and the increasing conflict between the Church and the State. The author deals at length with the founding of the Christian Institute and his ongoing struggle for liberation in South Africa. Index, refs, 230pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP/NEW AFRICA BOOKS, 0864861567

New smaller format edition. Based on the author's experiences as prisoner-of-war in World War II, this frank novel deals with three men who see themselves as 'straight', but who must negotiate the emotions that are brought to the surface by the physical closeness of survival in the male-only camps. 240pp, UK. ARCADIA.

The autobiography of one of South Africa's leading actors describing his life on stage and in a changing South Africa. B/w illus, 426pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A description of the author's childhood in South Africa, evoking the trials of youth and the political reality. 166pp, UK. VINTAGE, 0099268272

1997 Paperback

Now in paperback. The story of the courageous Afrikaaner lawyer who took on the apartheid regime, defended Nelson Mandela and was himself jailed for life and died in prison. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Index, bib, xi, 500pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS.

After military service in the Apartheid army and injury the author, who calls himself only Christopher, begins a journey to find himself: though philosophy, magic, insight, twists, turns and delightful surprises. Along the way, he encounters western thinkers: Jung, Hegel etc. He is lured to the mountain kingdom of Bhutan, where a meditation tutor and the I Ching lead him to some startling insights. 223pp, SOUTH AFRICA. THE GOOD NEWS PTY LTD.

Dedicated to the memory of Hans Brenninkmeijer (1930-2003), a Catholic priest born in Holland who spent most of his life in church leadership: as superior of the South African vicariate of the Dutch Dominican province (1965-1968), as vicar general of the Dominican vicariate of Southern Africa (1968-1976) and as bishop of the diocese of Kroonstad in the Free State province (1977-2003). He played a significant role in the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference. He had two passions: the empowerment of the laity, a requirement of the Second Vatican Council to which he never ceased to pay attention, and the struggle for justice, with which he associated himself during the dark years of apartheid by visiting political refugees and channelling funds to the liberation movement. B/w photos, 229pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

Sympathetic biography of the political activist and Premier of KwaZulu and traditional premier of the Zulu nation. Written using interviews and Buthelezi's own papers, it traces the founding of Inkatha and its turbulent relationship with the ANC. Index, app, notes, b/w photographs, 415pp, UK. FRANK CASS.

New edition with a preface by Nadine Gordimer and a foreword by Bessie Head. Autobiography drawing on the unrecorded history of a whole people. Like millions of black South Africans made strangers in their own country under apartheid, she lost a great deal in her lifetime: the farm in the Orange Free State which had belonged to her family for nearly a hundred years; her hopes for a full and peaceful life for her children; even her freedom, when, at the age of 63, she found herself detained under the Terrorism Act. 304pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PICADOR AFRICA.

Ruth Schechter lived most of her life in Cape Town where she encountered powerful establishment figures, and powerless coloureds living in District Six. Among the personalities she met were F Bodmer, M K Gandhi, L Hogben, and L van der Post. She became particularly close to Olive Schreiner. This is a story that touches on the development of a dissenting South African community. Based on original research, Hirson has drawn together an engaging and original biography. xxxi+253pp, index,

UK and South Africa. MERLIN PRESS, 0850365007

New Edition. First published in 1988, this study of the life and times of Cecil Rhodes uses archive material and other little known sources to evoke the heady atmosphere of late 19th century southern Africa. Index, notes, b/w illus, map, 391pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PROTEA BOOK HOUSE, 191982524X

The first full biography of Christiaan Barnard who performed the world's first human heart transplant in Cape Town in 1967. The author looks at the public acclaim and controversy surrounding the operation and the impact of international fame on the daring and charismatic surgeon. Often described as a playboy, he married three times and was linked to beautiful women around the world. Chris Logan looks at Barnard's turbulent life and examines his relationship with his family and the highs and lows of his long career in surgery. Index, bib, 340pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL, 1868421635

Antjie Krogs's first full length work in English since The Country of My Skull. As South Africans try to find new footholds in a democratic space, Krog traces the humour of change and the pain of belonging through personal narratives of individuals, families, groups and politicians. Gloss, 375pp, SOUTH AFRICA. RANDOM HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA, 0958446849

Returning to Africa for a school reunion after a thirty-year separation, the country of Carol's troubled and unconventional childhood is in many ways much changed, but in others hauntingly familiar. As memories of her life as a young girl are stirred up by new encounters and shared recollections, a young African boy appears and throws into relief the stark differences between their upbringings, as well as some similarities. Freedom is twelve and when Carol meets him first, he has not eaten in two days, needs clothes to wear and has no clear future ahead of him. 320pp, UK. CENTURY.

Mike Nicol writes: 'The writer has written a memoir that does all the right things: vibrant autobiography drives a narrative that plays out against the political history of the last few decades. He describe his underground activities in South Africa and Lesotho, and his disenchantment with the new political order.' 216pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

Grouped loosely by decade, from 1895 to the present, the editor has selected autobiographical writing reflecting the range of experience of South African women. Writers include Kesaveloo Goonam, Sindiwe Magona, Maggie Resha, Helen Joseph, Frances Baard, Mamphela Ramphele, Emma Mashinini, Antjie Krog and Charlene Smith. Index, sources, glos, b/w photographs, maps, xii, 386pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

This book provides some rich materials illustrating the politics and life story of Jack Simons, one of the most influential leaders of the South African Communist Party and of the Congress Alliance of South Africa. It includes biographical chapters, diary extracts, political lectures, an interview with JS and his CV. 31 photos, bib, glossary, xii+245pp, SOUTH AFRICA. STE PUBLISHERS.

New in paperback. Jonathan Kaplan studied medicine in South Africa, and after working in a township and being conscripted by the South African army, he chose exile rather than serve the apartheid state. He travelled the globe in search of sanctuary, experiencing riots, tropical fevers, political upheaval, and a jungle search for a lost friend. Kaplan landed eventually in Angola, and took charge of a combat zone hospital, the only surgeon for 160,000 civilians, where he was exposed daily to the horrors of war. This is the account of those travels, the sequel to his stunning debut THE DRESSING STATION. 278pp, UK. PICADOR.

A portrait of boyhood and youth in the Pretoria Indian location. The author's descriptions of his experiences of schooling, the cinema, football, love, religion and death offer a glimpse of a little known and fascinating aspect of South African life. Gloss, 228pp, UK. COSAW

1990 1872086039 Paperback

The pioneering South African writer was also the representative for the African National Congress in the Caribbean, and was active in the Pan-African movement. In this book he draws on his experiences and meetings with Black reformists and revolutionaries to reflect on the development of the Black People in today's world. 409pp, JAMAICA. IAN RANDLE PUBLISHERS, 9766370176

Colin Eglin documents his career in public life over half a century and under five constitutions, from the Union constitution to the current Constitution of 1996 the development of which he made a huge contribution. His story provides searching personal insights into all the major role players in South African politics during the second half of the 20th century, and into the intricacies of party politics and parliamentary life. 374pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL.

Coming to prominence as the Secretary General of the National Union of Mineworkers in the 1980s and then as secretary general of the ANC after its unbanning, Ramaphosa is widely credited with playing a major role in the negotiations that led to the democratic settlement in South Africa and in devising South Africa's constitution. After he failed to secure nomination as Deputy President, he left politics and became a highly successful businessman. Based on extensive interviews with many of the subject's friends and contemporaries, this biography marries the historical context and the rich details of an individual life to depict a complex figure in the South African political landscape. Index, notes, b/w photos, 442pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

The life of Eugène Marais, 'naturalist, hypnotist, doctor, and psychologist', which covered many of the great events of Afrikaner and South African history: the British occupation of Pretoria, the beginning of the Afrikaans language movement, the Jameson raid, 'the naughty nineties' (when Marais was in London), the Boer War and its aftermath, World War I, and the rise of Afrikaner nationalism. 528pp. SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL PUBLISHERS.

Tells the true story of three cousins, Gerda Mailich, Kurt Herrmann and Edith Twelkemeier Forrester, whose families were painfully separated by the Nazi persecution of German Jews. Gerda flees to South Africa and awaits the arrival of her beloved parents. She writes to them in her journals, hoping that some day they will be reunited - but that day never comes. Her daughter, Joan, found the journals after her mother's death, and was deeply touched by the everyday notes jotted down during her pregnancy, and by her deep longing for her own mother. 144pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Chronicles the life, times and poetry of extraordinary Xhosa praise poet, the late David Yali-Manisi, and his growing friendship and fruitful working relationship with the author. Jeff Opland is a renowned scholar who is recognised world-wide as a foremost authority on Xhosa izibongo or praises. Opland brings to the subject unique insights fusing impeccable scholarship with self-reflective autobiographical narrative. SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

2005 1869140362 Hardback

Popular account of an extraordinary prelate and anti Apartheid leader. Index, bib, gloss, notes, 178pp, USA. GREENWOOD PUBLISHING GROUP.

The chronicle of Haggard's return to South Africa in 1914, when he barely recognised the Africa of his younger days. App, notes, index, xiii, 345pp, UK. C. HURST & CO.

Written during the Boer War, the ten-year-old Iris Vaughan's account of her life in the small towns of the Eastern Cape is in turn honest and hilarious. She also documents the changes in South Africa with the arrival of the British army and Boer guerrilla forces. Illustrated with b/w photos. 131pp, SOUTH AFRICA. STORMBERG PUBLISHERS, 0620292504

Pieter Wolvaardt joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1969 and served his apprentice-ship at home in the Union Building and as a junior diplomat in Brazil from 1970 to 1973. He went through the thick of the apartheid days when the world ignored South Africa and most countries cut ties, officially defending the indefensible but all the time knowing that apartheid was wrong. In 1994 President Nelson Mandela appointed him as South Africa s first Ambassador to Mexico . He retired after a successful career with the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1998. Index, col photos, 336pp, SOUTH AFRICA. GALAGO BOOKS.

New edition. First published in 1959 while the author was in exile, this frank and moving autobiography portrays his struggles against the apartheid regime and the segregated school system from which he was barred as a teacher. 211pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PICADOR AFRICA, 1770100075

Autobiography of the former South African High Commissioner to Tanzania. B/w photos, 144pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

The author has been a hospital surgeon, a flying doctor, a ship's medical officer and a battlefield surgeon. He has worked in places as diverse as Burma, Kurdistan, America, Mozambique, England and Eritrea. This book provides a vivid account of the varied faces of medicine he has encountered. 407pp. UK. PICADOR, 0330480790

Jim Bailey, son of mining magnate Abe Bailey, author, World War II hero and publisher of Drum magazine was a South African icon - and a true eccentric. In 1950, Barbara, then a girl of 12, met the dashing Jim when he threw a dachshund at her. That night she wrote in her diary: I have fallen in love with the most beautiful person ... I love him as much as Beethoven. The life they created together is charted here, in diary entries and narratives spanning fifty extraordinary years. B/w photos, 276pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG PUBLISHERS LTD.

Eddie Barlow personified those sportsmen who through willpower maximise their ability. There were more talented players than he in the superb South African sides of the late 1960s - Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards, Mike Procter among them - but none exceeded his desire to succeed. No one who played alongside him or under his captaincy during a 21-year career for his country, his province (he played for Eastern and Western Provinces and Transvaal) or for Derbyshire, whom he led in a forthright manner for two seasons could fail to be dragged along by his natural competitive instincts. 300pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG.

The memoirs of one of South Africa's most famous political satirists and creator of Evita Bezuidenhout. Gloss, 230pp, UK. NEW HOLLAND, 1843304872

Khotso Sethuntsa, the near-legendary millionaire medicine man, was believed to be a worker of powerful and dangerous magic. Renowned and feared throughout South Africa and beyond, even after his death in 1972, he created a fabulous, eccentric kingdom around himself. This book takes us into the world of one of southern Africa's best-known herbalists. Khotso was famed, especially, as a seller of ibangalala, a herbal remedy for sexual potency, and ukuthwala, a terrifying procedure for acquiring long-term wealth. He claimed to be in spiritual contact with Paul Kruger, hinting that his fortune derived from the long-lost Kruger millions. This book recovers a section of South African history that is in danger of being lost, as well as telling a tale full of astonishing twists and turns. With photographs by Obie Oberholzer. Index, bib, notes, b/w & col photos, 368pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

The autobiography of Deirdre Barnard, the South African champion water-skier and the daughter of the pioneering heart surgeon, Chris Barnard. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 243pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DOUBLE STOREY BOOKS, 1919930345

Tenth anniversary edition of the evolution of a postcolonial writer. Foreword by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. B/w illus, xi, 317pp, USA. FEMINIST PRESS.

A biography of Jack Archer, a British soldier whose career was shaped by the Boer War and in India. Notes, maps, 275pp, UK. MPEMBA BOOKS, 0954202015

The biography of Bram Fischer who became one of the most resilient activists against apartheid in South Africa. As a defence lawyer, he saved Nelson Mandela from the death penalty, and when most of the anti apartheid conspirators had fled into exile or were imprisoned, he held out against the government by leading a complex double life of both respectability and political intrigue. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Index, viii, 164pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL, 1868421317

2001 Paperback

Two wildlife travelogues in one volume which follow the author into horse and fishing country in the Cape region of South Africa and in Europe. Gloss, 251pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA, 1919931244

Raymond Ackerman is the chairman and founder of Pick 'n Pay, the most successful retail chain in southern Africa, with over 350 outlets. In this, his second book, he reveals the secret of his success with a marketing philosophy based on the model of 'the four legs of the table' that can be applied worldwide. Index, 206pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP/NEW AFRICA BOOKS.

At the end of the nineteenth century European pimps and 'white slavers' established a hugely successful global market for commercial sex and for three turbulent decades before the First World War, Joseph Silver was central to this hidden world of betrayal, intrigue, lust and sexual slavery. Burglar, gun-runner and trafficker in women on four continents, Silver was a disturbed adolescent, youthful predator and adult misogynist whose notoriety was captured in the most confidential correspondence of a dozen countries in the western world. But what those in charge of law-enforcement agencies kept to themselves was how their officers had attempted to use Silver as an informer to infiltrate syndicates, only to have him outwit them as he moved in the dangerous space between police and prostitutes. In this brilliant study, Charles van Onselen situates the private life of one man amidst the demi-monde of the Atlantic world and casts a brilliant light on the most infamous serial killer of all time - Jack the Ripper. Includes extensive material on Silver's time in South Africa. Index, bib, b/w illus, maps, 646pp, UK. VINTAGE.

Biography of the ancestor of a great many modern South Africans,a century after Francois Renier Duminy’s death in 1811, even the whereabouts of his grave was unknown and sand blew over the lost ruins of his farm, Compagniesdam, at Bloubergstrand. In 1938 the Van Riebeeck Society published a selection of Francois Renier Duminys journals (some had been lost for ever), together with the cash book and diary of his wife, Johanna. Drawing on this and an array of genealogical sources, his descendant, Andrew Duminy, constructs a fascinating portrait of this French sea captain and prominent servant of the French and Dutch East India Companies in the Cape. Well illustrated throughout. 188pp SOUTH AFRICA. PROTEA BOOK HOUSE.

In 1986 Gwen Jennings moved, somewhat unexpectedly, to a farm in Franschhoek, a valley famed for the great beauty of its mountains, vineyards, and roses. Here she discovered once again, in an echo of her country childhood in Rivonia, her love of scenery, space, small towns, silence, family, intimacy. In this engaging book she records the stories of the people who have lived and worked in the valley for generations, as well as those of the older farmers the unsung, unheralded people of Franschoek. B/w photos, 211pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DOUBLE STOREY BOOKS.

In his earlier works, Sachs wrote of his experiences of detention, exile and survival of an assassination attempt. This new book deals with happier subject material Sachs's travels with his partner Vanessa September through Europe, literally from London to St Petersburg. 232pp, SOUTH AFRICA. RANDOM HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA.

The biography of a black leader who campaigned for equality whilst the racist forces of segregation were setting the stage for apartheid, and whose liberalism and christianity would alienate him from the rising tide of militant opposition. 15 b/w photos, notes, bib, index, 276pp, USA/ SOUTH AFRICA . PHILIP, DAVID DIRECT ACCOUNT. 0864863055

Biography of an AIDS care worker who established a sanctuary God's Golden Acre for children in Kwazulu Natal, the site of the worst rates of HIV infection in the world. 24 col plates, 319pp, UK. MONARCH BOOKS.

An account of the notorious life of Hazel Crane, who was gunned down in Johannesburg in 2003. Written from her perspective, the author describes her ascent from poverty in Ireland to diamond dealing in South Africa and her involvement with princes, presidents, conmen and killers. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 189pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP/NEW AFRICA BOOKS.

The story of one of South Africa's most successful retailers, describing the highs and lows of his career as a businessman in a highly politicised society. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Index, 342pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP/NEW AFRICA BOOKS, 0864863829

The biography of a woman whose life centred upon helping women and men understand the violence in their lives. Born into a family of healers, the author resisted her calling and was entrapped by the ideals of western living and comforts. This book details her journey to her status as healer, using ancient transformative and liberating tools used by African elders to break cycles of violence. Mmatshilo has been awarded several distinctions by Human Rights groups and has established a variety of foundations designed to help people with legal matters and domestic violence. 189pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA, 1919931511

A brief biography which presents the political views of the Pan African Congress and its influence on the history of South Africa. Written by a PAC activist this liveley volume is well illustrated and is accompanied by notes on the further history of the PAC and by vital extracts from Sobukwe's political speeches. USA. CENTURY-TURN PUBLISHERS.

1995 9991270027 Paperback

A biography of the controversial Bishop of Natal, John William Colenso who scandalised Victorian society by exposing the injustices inflicted upon the Africans of Natal and Zululand by the British. The author investigates different aspects of his life and writing, his relationship with his congregation, and discusses the reasons for his excommunication from the Anglican Church. Index, bib, notes, b/w illus, xii, 378pp, SOUTH AFRICA. University of Kwazulu Natal Press, 0869751689

1983 Paperback

Childhood memories of growing up as a 'coloured' in a multi-racial area of Cape Town. The black and coloured residents were forced out by the apartheid regime during the late 1960s. This memoir is light, entertaining and largely apolitical. Many black-and-white photos, 132pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

Kaleidoscope vision of a childhood and youth in Johannesburg in the 1950s and 1960s, tracing his Russian Jewish origins and contemplating exile at the release from prison and deportation of his activist father. 99pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP/NEW AFRICA BOOKS. 0864860633

The story of the man who lead the defiance campaign against pass laws, and ar-ticulated a non-violent and non-racial philosophy of resistance in South Africa. In-dex, 406pp, UK. HALBAN,PETER.

1991 1990 1870015339 Hardback

Blaise Koch is an award-winning actor who has appeared in 263 professional productions. His repertoire is wide and he is considered one of South Africa's most talented and versatile actors. Blaise Koch is also HIV positive. This is his story of fame and success and remarkable courage that is coloured with his wry sense of humour and self-deprecation. 16 pages of b/w photos, 320pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SPEARHEAD, 0864865287

A distinguished writer-playwright's look back on his long and varied career. At once light-hearted and deadly serious, it unlocks the hidden histories of sports, journalism and the arts in this country, and explores the legacy of the indentured Indian labourers who built the community of Cato Manor and made major contributions particularly to political change and the nation's economy. But this is also a deeply personal story in which the writer, assuming the persona of his alter ego, Sathie, looks back on his childhood in Cato Manor, his misspent schooldays and his early forays into journalism, teaching and the theatre. B/w photos, 222pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

Focuses on the first 40 years of his life: from his troubled childhood in Durban and Bloemfontein to his intense student days at Wits University (where he also taught from 1945 until his retirement in 1993) and the prolific research, correspondence and travels of his early career. Vividly recounts his interactions with some of the great names in twentieth-century science - such as Raymond Dart, Robert Broom, Wilfrid LeGros Clark and Theodosius Dobzhansky - as well as their impact on him. Through his dedication to the people of Africa, Tobias opens windows on the San of Botswana, the Tonga of Zambia, and he recounts his role in the fight against racism during the harrowing decades of South Africa's apartheid regime. Index, bib, notes, 277pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PICADOR AFRICA.

investigation of the lives of the author's mother, the activist, mystic and painter Lesley, who was married to the novelist Jack Cope, and the characters surrounding her. It looks at South African political, literary, and artistic events and personalities of the fifties and sixties through the eyes of a left-wing, bohemian family and delves into the colonial roots of their presence, tracing their attempts to live creative lives through the darkest years of apartheid. In doing so, it probes at themes of memory, mortality, loss and longing. B/w photos, 288pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DOUBLE STOREY BOOKS.

Mantras of remembrance about growing up white in South Africa. "Extraordinary. This is unlike anything I have ever read... The form is as surprising as its subtle ability to tell tales of our past" (Antjie Krog). 135pp, SOUTH AFRICA . JACANA MEDIA.

She called herself Silent Anna because she couldn't tell anyone what happened between her and her stepfather. Now, many years later, she breaks the silence to reveal the sexual abuse she suffered, its impact on her life and how she has finally managed to overcome it. It's me, Anna is based on a true story. The original title in Afrikaans, 'Dis ek, Anna', has been reprinted five times since publication in June 2004. It has consistently been on the South African Sunday Times Bestseller Top Ten list for non-fiction. 224pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

Journey of self-discovery for a woman wrongly imprisoned in the closing days of apartheid. 131pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UMGANGATHO MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS.

The story of the doomed love affair between Prince Lobengula, a black South African showman and Kitty Jewell, the daughter of a Cornish mining engineer. This historical story provides a window into popular racism, popular journalism, and feminism in the 1890s. Index, bib, notes, maps, x, 278pp, SOUTH AFRICA. Jonathan Ball, 1868421465

Recreates the world of Sophiatown before apartheid uprooted and relocated a whole community, the novel is centred on an infamous resident who was a boxer and gang leader. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 104pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

Since being disabled in a car crash at the age of 23, Musa Zulu has been a campaigner for disabled causes and Director of the KwaZulu Natal Asiphephe Road Safety Campaign. This book is a collection of sketches, poems and private reflections offering a view of life from the perspective of a wheelchair. B/w illus, x, 116pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL PRESS, 1869140370

Narrative of an ordinary person who grew up in the rural Transkei and faced a cultural shock when he came into contact with Westernised urban life, which appeared to abjure all his formative values. Working as a clerk, he became involved in solving labour disputes and later served as a prosecutor at the Mqanduli district court and as a magistrate in the Transkei, motivated by a deep sympathy for the detained and abused people under his jurisdiction. Bib, notes, 151pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

Autobiography of a student anti-apartheid activist. Gloss, 162pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UMGANGATHO MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS.

In this detailed and meticulously researched account of the life and work of Charles Michell, the first surveyor-general and civil engineer of the South African Cape Colony, author Gordon Richings examines in depth, the many interests and achievements of the man, as well as the essence of the time in which he lived, by referring to unpublished personal diaries, sketchbooks and letters. This first biography of Charles Michell is lavishly illustrated with his sketches, watercolours and engravings of Cape scenery, plants, insects and rock paintings, as well as Cape personalities, maps of the colony and architectural plans - the majority of which are published for the first time. New light is shed on the socio-economic life at the Cape, particularly the Tsitsikamma region of the southern Cape, the Frontier War of 1834-35, as well as on the personalities of Michell's colleagues and contemporaries in England and at the Cape. 224pp, SOUTH AFRICA. FERNWOOD PRESS.

These memoirs presenting a society in the midst of change begins with the Freedom Charter rally and ends with Nelson Mandela's imprisonment. In those years Tyler covered the Sharpeville massacre and worked with Can Themba, Zeke Mphahlele, Casey Motsisi and Todd Matshikiza as one of Drum magazine's editors. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 106pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

The story of the woman behind a cinematic masterpiece. Sagan directed Madchen in Uniform, a controversial film about pupil-teacher relationships in a Prussian boarding school, which appeared on the even of Hitler's rise to power. In this memoir she describes her life as a schoolchild in Johannesburg, her later work as an actress and director in Britain, Germany and the United States, and her pioneering role in founding a national theatre in South Africa. With an introduction, some b/w photos, 270 pages, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Insider account of an ANC MP in the first parliament after 1994, telling of her part in such matters as the arms deal and the governments handling of the AIDS pandemic. In this way she develops her own thoughts on how power ought to be exercised and from where the true sources of lasting power derive. For those many in South Africa who are increasingly disenchanted with the use of power by those in positions of authority to garner influence and wealth, to promote their individual interests instead of those of the people who have elected them, and to bully, manipulate and coerce others, this account offers a refreshing vision. 262pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

The memoirs of a South African diamond prospector. First published in 1939, the author describes his impressions of President Kruger, Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Beit, Dr Jameson, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick amongst others and his involvement in important historical events in the country's history. B/w illus, xviii, 205pp, SOUTH AFRICA. STONEWALL BOOKS, 0620295082

Critically acclaimed memoir, the sequel to Way Up, Way Out, this is a boisterous mix "of Spike Milligan and Herman Charles Bosman" (Sam Sole). 260pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

First in a new series, 'Hidden Histories', that seeks to establish a new intellectual discourse, which, by addressing various forms of African memory (captured in both written and unwritten cultural productions), will move beyond the limits of the h