From Jo'burg to Jozi: Stories About Africa's Infamous City - Softcover

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9780143024194: From Jo'burg to Jozi: Stories About Africa's Infamous City

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ISBN 10: 0143024191 ISBN 13: 9780143024194

Publisher: Penguin Global, 2006

Journalists Heidi Holland and Adam Roberts approached about 80 journalists and writers based in Johannesburg and asked them to write short pieces about the city in which they work and live. They did not specify form or style - the contributors were free to express themselves how ever they wanted to. Out of this has emerged 50-odd pieces of writing that reflect aspects of the city, idiosyncratic reactions to living and working here, appreciations of small and big things, some poems, some criticisms - all will find resonance with Joburg/Jozi residents and all will be enlightening and entertaining to visitors hoping to learn something about our metropolis. Amazingly, many of the contributors expressed how much they enjoy being in Joburg/Jozi - good news for a city that consistently suffers from bad press.

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About the Author:

Heidi Holland is a local author and journalist. Currently writing a book on crime in South Africa.

Adam Roberts is a British journalist in Johannesburg. Currently editing a sequel to Jo'burg to Jozi, about Soweto township. Soweto Inside Out (Penguin SA) will be published in June 2004. Co-edited with Joe Thloloe

Synopsis:

The authors asked fellow journalists and writers - South Africans and foreigners who have lived in Johannesburg - to write about the city. Out of this emerged "From Jo'burg to Jozi", idiosyncratic reactions to Egoli, Jo'burg, Jozi, the City of Gold.

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