| After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa Contributor(s): Foster, Douglas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0871404788 ISBN-13: 9780871404787 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - Republic Of South Africa - Political Science | World - African - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 968.066 |
| LCCN: 2012003249 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" (2.20 lbs) 608 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa - Chronological Period - 1990's - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A brutally honest exposé, After Mandela provides a sobering portrait of a country caught between a democratic future and a political meltdown. Recent works have focused primarily on Nelson Mandela's transcendent story. But Douglas Foster, a leading South Africa authority with early, unprecedented access to President Zuma and to the next generation in the Mandela family, traces the nation's entire post-apartheid arc, from its celebrated beginnings under "Madiba" to Thabo Mbeki's tumultuous rule to the ferocious battle between Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. Foster tells this story not only from the point of view of the emerging black elite but also, drawing on hundreds of rare interviews over a six-year period, from the perspectives of ordinary citizens, including an HIV-infected teenager living outside Johannesburg and a homeless orphan in Cape Town. This is the long-awaited, revisionist account of a country whose recent history has been not just neglected but largely ignored by the West. |
Contributor Bio(s): Foster, Douglas: - Douglas Foster, an associate professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, is a contributor to The Atlantic, New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times, and Smithsonian. He lives in Chicago, Illinois. |