Building a New South Africa
One Conversation at a Time
David Thelen author Karie L Morgan author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Published:1st Jun '15
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Once a thriving, multiracial community, the Sophiatown suburb of Johannesburg was home to many famous artists, musicians, and poets. It was also a place where residential apartheid was first put into practice with forced removals, buildings bulldozed, and the construction of new, cheap housing for white public employees. David Thelen and Karie L. Morgan facilitate conversations among today's Sophiatown residents about how they share spaces, experiences, and values to raise and educate their children, earn a living, overcome crime, and shape their community for the good of all. As residents reflect on the past and the challenges they face in the future, they begin to work together to create a rich, diverse, safe, and welcoming post-Mandela South Africa.
The conversation transcripts are rich with possibilities both analytical and practical and make for fascinating reading for historians of contemporary South Africa, as well as those interested in urban histories more broadly.
* Journal of Contemporary HistoISBN: 9780253017840
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 467g
202 pages