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(Johannesburg: Jacana, 2018) 9781431426447. 234 x 156 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xxiv + 711, incl. index; plates; illustrations in text. Near-fine condition. "This new biography tells the story of Plaatje's remarkable life, setting it in the context of the changes that overtook South Africa during his lifetime, and the huge obstacles that confronted him. It draws upon extensive research in archives in Southern Africa, Europe and the US, as well as an expanding scholarship on Plaatje and his writings. It sheds new light not only on Plaatje's public struggles and achievements but upon his personal life and his relationships with his wife and family, friends and supporters. It pays special attention to his formative years, looking to his roots in chiefly societies, his education and upbringing on a German-run mission, and his exposure to the legal and political ideas of the nineteenth-century Cape Colony as sources of inspiration in a life of more or less ceaseless endeavour." .

Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd, 2018. Paperback. New. 380 pages. 9.21x6.38x2.24 inches.

pp. 380 . Papeback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.