Max Du Preez
Autore di Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets
Sull'Autore
Opere di Max Du Preez
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1951-03-03
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- South Africa
- Attività lavorative
- Newspaper editor
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- 2008 - Nat Nakasa Award for fearless reporting[
1991 - Louis M. Lyons Award for conscience and integrity in journalism
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
Statistiche
- Opere
- 11
- Utenti
- 148
- Popolarità
- #140,180
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 25
- Lingue
- 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.… (altro)