south africa

Presents an overview of the life and work of South African novelist Olive Schreiner, discussing the themes and interests that characterize her writing, and includes a chronology, notes, and selected bibliography.

Dr. Gustav Uyterhoeven leaves Dayton, Ohio, in the late nineteenth-century to serve as a physician in the Boer War, and sends home twelve letters to his wife which chronicle his spiritual conversion, disguised as tales of his explorations of the imaginary island of Antipodes.

On cover: A guide to South Africa's everyday racial policies. Question and answer format provides detailed information about South Africa's apartheid policy.

Suggests a solution to the conflict in South Africa by offering a detailed plan for protecting the rights of all South Africans.

Black South African human rights activist Steve Biko and white journalist Donald Woods become friends in a racially divided South Africa.

A biography of Nelson Mandela's life, from his idyllic childhood through his years of imprisonment to his triumphant election as president of South Africa.

Dumisa, a young Zulu boy in awe of Nelson Mandela in 1960s South Africa, attempts to emulate his idea of the leader, who he also imagines to be a seducer of women, and when he finally convinces the object of his desire to respond to his advances, Mandela is captured, causing Dumisa to become impotent.

Examines South African history and apartheid, and options for U.S. foreign policy.