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Great figures in Black historySummary: The second offering in the Gerald Kraak annual anthology, As You Like It, is a collection of the short-listed entries submitted for the Gerald Kraak Award. This anthology offers a window into deeply located visions and voices across Africa. It brings together stories of self-expression, identity, sexuality, and agency, all located within Africa and its legacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jacana 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 ASWright, Adrienne
Summary: On June 16, 1976, Hector Pieterson, an ordinary boy, lost his life after getting caught up in what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. Black South African students were marching against a new law requiring that they be taught half of their subjects in Afrikaans, the language of the White government. The story's events unfold from the perspectives of Hector, his sister, and the photographer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PIEBenson, Koni
Summary: Crossroads: I Live Where I Like is a graphic nonfiction history of women-led movements at the forefront of the struggle for land, housing, and public services in Cape Town, South Africa, over the last fifty years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PM Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968 BENConyngham, Richard
Summary: "All rise: resistance and rebellion in South Africa revives six true stories of resistance by marginalized South Africans against the country's colonial government in the years leading up to Apartheid. In six parts--each of which is illustrated by a different South African artist--All Rise shares the long-forgotten struggles of ordinary, working-class women and men who defended the disempowered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jacana Media 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 968.73 CONLake, Theia
Summary: "In this informative text, readers will learn all about the exceptional civil rights leader Nelson Mandela. The late president of South Africa spent more than 25 years in prison fighting apartheid. Mandela's example lives on for others to follow, as we continue to work to overcome racism and discrimination. Photographs of the era and quotes from Mandela and others will bring the information to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024