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Malan, Rian.
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Post-apartheid era -- South Africa.
Blacks -- South Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
South Africa -- History -- 1994-
South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-
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Malan, Rian.
Post-apartheid era -- South Africa.
Blacks -- South Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
South Africa -- History -- 1994-
South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-
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The lion sleeps tonight : and other stories of Africa / Rian Malan.
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Malan, Rian.
Grove Press, c2012.
Call #:
968
.065
M237L
Subjects
Post-apartheid era -- South Africa.
Blacks -- South Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
South Africa -- History -- 1994-
South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-
ISBN:
9780802119902 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xv, 317 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Politics: The last Afrikaner ; Invictus ; Season of the leopard ; Report from Planet Mbeki -- Culture: In the jungle ; The beautiful and the damned ; Great white hyena ; Jewish blues in darkest Africa -- Disease: The body count ; Among the AIDS fanatics -- Truth: A truth of sorts ; The Queen ; A question of spin -- Light: The apocalypse that wasn't ; The People's Republic of Yeoville -- Darkness: House for sale in doomed country ; Ugly scenes in Boer provence ; Nemesis ; Messiah of the potato fields -- Mutations: Did you hear the one about Apartheid? ; Those fabulous Alcock boys.
Summary:
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight is Malan’s remarkable chronicle of South Africa’s halting steps and missteps, taken as blacks and whites try to build a new country. The collection comprises twenty-three pieces; the title story investigates the provenance of the world famous song 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight,' which Malan traces back to a Zulu singer named Solomon Linda who recorded a song called 'Mbube' in the 1930s, which went on to be covered by Pete Seeger, REM, and Phish, and was incorporated into the musical The Lion King. In other stories, Malan follows the trial of Winnie Mandela and plunges into the explosive controversy over President Mbeki’s AIDS policies of the 1990s."--From publisher.
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