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1.Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a NationPlaying the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
from Penguin Press HC, The
Price: $16.47

Customer Review:
This dazzling book could have been called "Loving the Enemy." That is, in fact, what Nelson Mandela did to prevent a much feared bloodbath in South Africa as it passed from the hated Apartheid regime to majority rule.
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2.Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson MandelaLong Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
from Time Warner Audio Books

Customer Review:
A must read for all, especially my generation (1964) and younger. We need to ensure that what South Africa went through and the racism present in the U.S. is never allowed to return. Any racism no matter how small or seemingly insignificant needs to be stamped out. Wouldn't it be nice if someday we... more info

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3.Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth s Coming of Age in Apartheid South AfricaKaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
from Free Press
Price: $10.20

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I'm stumped. This memoir is considered a classic, yet there are platoons of unsung memoirs out of Africa that are far superior. Granted,Mathabane wrote this when he was barely out of high school. But still. The writing is laborious and, worse, many of the scenes, particularly those from his very... more info

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4.No Future Without ForgivenessNo Future Without Forgiveness
from Image
Price: $10.85

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This spiritual/religious based book is presented differently than Gandhi, Tolstoy, and other philosophers that I have read. This book is more rooted in the events of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, a board that Desmond Tutu headed after apartheid ended. The goal of this board was to grant... more info

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5.Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South AfricaDiamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa
from PublicAffairs
Price: $12.21

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If you're interested in African history, this is one good read. It can get a little dry in parts but the book receives high marks for its thoroughness, biographical detail and detailed maps. Although it covers only about 40 years of South Africa's history, much of what transpired during the late... more info

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6.Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South AfricaCountry of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa
from Three Rivers Press
Price: $10.88

Customer Review:
Antjie Krog is a South African writer and poet who covered the South African Truth and Reconciliation commission hearings. She wrote this book about the experience, from the particular point of view of a South African of Afrikaner background.
I found this book both difficult to read, and... more info

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7.Mukiwa: A White Boy in AfricaMukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
from Perennial

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Peter Godwin recounts his early childhood in such personal terms that you will regress along with him. You'll feel the pangs of growing up in a boarding school, of his awakening to his social status and that of the blacks that worked for his family - of the colonized Africans who became Zimbabweans.... more info

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8.A History of South Africa, Third EditionA History of South Africa, Third Edition
from Yale University Press
Price: $12.21

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Before giving my actual review, I want to give you some context from which this review came. I read this book while studying in South Africa and taking South African History. I'm an undergraduate student and I'm not getting a degree in History. I would say I'm what the author would look at as a... more info

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9.My Traitor s Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His ConscienceMy Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience
from Grove Press
Price: $10.20

Customer Review:
I have attempted to write a review of this book several times, but failed as I find myself gripped with the same conflicting emotions that Malan so succintly portrays in the book.
Having been born and brought up very close to the Msinga Valley (the subject of the closing chapter of My Traitor's... more info

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10.[no image]Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier
from Recorded Books

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I liked this as a follow up to her original! It was very informative of how african soldiers lived etc. I listened to both on audio and was pleasantly surprised at a cold pick I had chosen!

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