Illuminating Lives: Biographies of Fascinating People from South African History - Softcover

Bickford-Smith, Vivian; Nasson, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1776092643 ISBN 13: 9781776092642

Publisher: Zebra Press, 2018

Synopsis

In this fresh and highly readable collection of South African biographical essays, a distinguished group of authors illuminate the lives of eleven colorful and complex men and women whose personal experiences throw fascinating light on the times in which they lived. The individuals whose stories are told here are very different in time, in place and in work and at play, but are united by an abundantly rich humanity and by the fascinatingly different ways in which they navigated their existence through the uneven waters of South Africa's distant and more recent past.

Including administrators and activists, sportsmen and teachers, a missionary, a pilot, a painter and a poet, Illuminating Lives is a wide-ranging and moving book which provides readers with striking and unexpected insights into history. Here are some intriguing South African lives well worth knowing about.

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About the Author

Vivian Bickford-Smith Is An Extraordinary Professor In The History Department At Stellenbosch University. He Has Published Extensively In Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century South African History, Especially In The Area Of Urban History And Social Identities. His Publications Include Three Books On The History Of Cape Town; Black And White In Colour: African History On Screen; And, Most Recently, The Emergence Of The South African Metropolis: Cities And Identities In The Twentieth Century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zebra Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1776092643
• ISBN 13: 9781776092642
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256