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Alex La Guma
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Alex la Guma
The life and works of South African writer, political activist and artist, from his early life in District Six, his arrest and trial for treason, to his eventual reluctant exile in Cuba.
Memories of Home
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A Walk in the Night
In this previously banned collection of seven short stories, Alex La Guma vividly reveals the plight of the poor and oppressed in apartheid South Africa. Characterised by his striking style and colourful dialogue, La Guma's stories explore experiences of racism and social inequality in various settings, from an overcrowded prison to a Portuguese restaurant. In the title story, 'A Walk in the Night', a factory worker loses his job after an argument with a white supervisor. His subsequent descent into helpless rage is played out in rich detail, illuminating the toxic effects of poverty, police brutality, and gang violence. Each story in the collection lays bare the struggles of those living in 1960s South Africa, offering poignant moments of hope and cementing Alex La Guma as one of the most important writers of his time. 'The greatest South African novelist of the 20th century.' The Times 'Achieved in 90 pages what other African writers had tried to achieve in the course of many years.' Wole Soyinka 'A central figure alongside Chinua Achebe.' Ngugi wa Thiong'o
A Walk in the Night
Of French and Malagasy stock, involved in South African politics from an early age, Alex La Guma was arrested for treason with 155 others in 1956 and finally acquitted in 1960. During the State of Emergency following the Sharpeville massacre he was detained for five months. Continuing to write, he endured house arrest and solitary confinement. La Guma left South Africa as a refugee in 1966 and lived in exile in London and Havana. He died in 1986. A Walk in the Night and Other Stories reveals La Guma as one of the most important African writers of his time. These works reveal the plight of non-whites in apartheid South Africa, laying bare the lives of the poor and the outcasts who filled the ghettoes and shantytowns.
Alex La Guma
Explores the multifaceted dialogues with apartheid that are found in the novels.
Alex La Guma
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In the Fog of the Seasons' End
A novel of great sensitivity about people in Cape Town organizing underground opposition to apartheid
Alex la Guma
Looking beyond the novels and short stories of acclaimed South African writer Alex La Guma (1924-1985), Christopher Lee focuses on the nonfiction that La Guma's produced during his years living in exile. Lee has gathered and annotated a plethora of La Guma's political commentary and other nonfiction pieces, along with transcripts of interviews, to show how the writer's life and work exemplified the internationalism of the South African liberation struggle during the era of decolonization. CONTENTS: His Life in Exile. His Voice. Political Worlds. Cultural Scenes and Arguments. Literary Criticism and the Writing Life. Five Stories and One Play. Interviews and Memoir. Reflections on His Legacy.
Jimmy la Guma
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