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  • KING KONG: An African Jazz Opera. by Bloom, Harry; lyrics by Pat Williams.
    Bloom, Harry; lyrics by Pat Williams.
    KING KONG: An African Jazz Opera.

    Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

    London: Fontana, (1961). Fontana Books Paperback Original #605. A jazz opera play which tells the story of a black boxer in a South African shanty town - inspired by the life and death of the heavyweight boxing champion Ezekiel Dlamini. Billed as a 'Jazz-Opera', the production was first staged in Johannesburg, opening in February 1959 and even though it was a direct challenge to apartheid it was an immediate success touring the country for two years, before multi-racial audiences, and then opening in London in 1961. The author, Harry Bloom, was a South African attorney and activist who worked with Nelson Mandela during the late 1950s and was detained, without being charged, after the Sharpeville massacre in 1960. Lyrics…

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    London: Fontana, (1961). Fontana Books Paperback Original #605. A jazz opera play which tells the story of a black boxer in a South African shanty town - inspired by the life and death of the heavyweight boxing champion Ezekiel Dlamini. Billed as a 'Jazz-Opera', the production was first staged in Johannesburg, opening in February 1959 and even though it was a direct challenge to apartheid it was an immediate success touring the country for two years, before multi-racial audiences, and then opening in London in 1961. The author, Harry Bloom, was a South African attorney and activist who worked with Nelson Mandela during the late 1950s and was detained, without being charged, after the Sharpeville massacre in 1960. Lyrics by Pat Williams. Illustrated with black and white stills from the theater production. 98 pp.

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    Condition: Near Fine in white pictorial wraps with red & black lettering (an export edition with the price on the front cover replaced with 2 small red triangles)

    Book ID: 88617
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  • END PAPERS: Essays, Letters, Articles of Faith, Workbook Notes. by Breytenbach, Breyten
    Breytenbach, Breyten
    END PAPERS: Essays, Letters, Articles of Faith, Workbook Notes.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Faber & Faber, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The final volume of prison papers by this exiled South African writer. 270 pp. Dust jacket illustration by the author. ISBN: 0-571-139442.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (toning to the pages, as is common with UK editions from that time).

    Book ID: 64977
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  • AN ACT OF TERROR. by Brink, Andre.
    Brink, Andre.
    AN ACT OF TERROR.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Summit Books, 1991. First edition - Suspenseful novel about a small group of South Africans who plot to assasinate the president of their country, but in addition to the suspense this is a thoughtful meditation on the ethics of violence. Glossary. A massive book at 834 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed blue wrappers.

    Book ID: 46456
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  • Brink, Andre.
    WRITING IN A STATE OF SIEGE: Essays on Politics and Literature.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Summit Books, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - First book of nonfiction by this internationally acclaimed South African writer. Topics range from apartheid to Mahatma Gandhi, censorship, the position of the Afrikaans writer and more. ISBN: 0-671-47751x.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 16502
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  • STILL THE SIRENS. by Brutus, Dennis.
    Brutus, Dennis.
    STILL THE SIRENS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Santa Fe, New Mexico: Pennywhistle Press, 1993. SIGNED first edition - A Pennywhistle chapbooks. A colllection of poems, many political and very moving, by this writer and activist who has been called the 'singing voice of the South African Liberation Movement.' With an Introduction by Lamont B. Steptoe. INSCRIBED on the title page, and dated in the year of publication. 32 pp. ISBN: 0-938631-098.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy white wrappers (slight abrasion on the title page.)

    Book ID: 48961
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  • WHITE MAN'S GOD. by Churchill, Rhona.
    Churchill, Rhona.
    WHITE MAN'S GOD.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (1962.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "An unforgettable report on South Africa from Kraal to apartheid. Talks about the "whole great fraud perpertrated on the black people of South Africa. We came to them one hundred and more years ago with a bible in one hand and a set of chains in the other." Nevertheless, in gathering the information for this book, she still used the missionaries to make contact, to bypass the rules and to mix with Africans of every social level. Illustrated with photographs. 205 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short closed tear along fold of rear flap)

    Book ID: 57423
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  • A STATE OF FEAR. by Du Plessis, Menan.
    Du Plessis, Menan.
    A STATE OF FEAR.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    London: Pandora, (1987.). First edition - The author's prize-winning first novel, originally published in South Africa in 1983, and set there during the turbulent winter of 1980 - a young white teacher at a 'coloured' high school shelters two of her students from arrest. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-86358-1684.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 39752
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  • ATHOL FUGARD: Grove Press Modern Dramatists. by [Fugard, Athol] Walder, Dennis.
    [Fugard, Athol] Walder, Dennis.
    ATHOL FUGARD: Grove Press Modern Dramatists.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    New York: Grove Press, 1985. First edition - The first full-length study of this important South African playwright. Based on interviews with the playwright, his actors and others involved in the South African theater, this is a look at Fugard's life and work and an analysis of his major plays including 'Sizwe Bansi Is Dead' and 'Master Harold and the Boys.' Illustrated with photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. 142 pp. ISBN: 0-394-622308.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 28067
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  • NONE TO ACCOMPANY ME. by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    NONE TO ACCOMPANY ME.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1994). First edition - Novel by this Nobel Laureate set in South Africa as apartheid is coming to an end. 324 pp. A rather uncommon advance issue.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 60458
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  • Kuzwayo, Ellen (1914-2006)
    CALL ME WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    Johannesburg, SA: Ravan Press, (1985.). SIGNED first edition - The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never specified.…

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    Johannesburg, SA: Ravan Press, (1985.). SIGNED first edition - The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never specified. In addition to her fight against apartheid, Kuzwayo also fought for equal rights for both men and women. In 1979, she was chosen Woman of the Year by the Johannesburg newspaper, The Star. This book is more than just her own story: it is also the larger story of the other women among her people who have to struggle to survive, to break free of traditional and restrictive roles and to pursue their own choices. Kuzwayo became the first black writer to be awarded the CNA Literary Prize, South AfricaÕs premier literary prize, for this work. Includes a foreword by Bessie Head, and a preface by Nadine Gordimer (who states "This is a true testimony from a wonderful woman. .. she is one of those people who give me faith in the new and different South Africa they will create." SIGNED by the author and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes lists of South African black women lawyers and medical doctors. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-86975-2790.

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    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Uncommon in this, the true first edition, and especially so signed.

    Book ID: 35251
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  • CALL ME WOMAN. by Kuzwayo, Ellen (1914-2006)
    Kuzwayo, Ellen (1914-2006)
    CALL ME WOMAN.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: The Women's Press, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never…

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    London: The Women's Press, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never specified. In addition to her fight against apartheid, Kuzwayo also fought for equal rights for both men and women. In 1979, she was chosen Woman of the Year by the Johannesburg newspaper, The Star. This book is more than just her own story: it is also the larger story of the other women among her people who have to struggle to survive, to break free of traditional and restrictive roles and to pursue their own choices. Kuzwayo became the first black writer to be awarded the CNA Literary Prize, South AfricaÕs premier literary prize, for this work. Includes a foreword by Bessie Head, and a preface by Nadine Gordimer (who states "This is a true testimony from a wonderful woman. .. she is one of those people who give me faith in the new and different South Africa they will create." Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes lists of South African black women lawyers and medical doctors. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-7043-28488.

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. The very uncommon hardcover first edition.

    Book ID: 35252
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  • CALL ME WOMAN. by Kuzwayo, Ellen (1914-2006) Preface by Nadine Gordimer .
    Kuzwayo, Ellen (1914-2006) Preface by Nadine Gordimer .
    CALL ME WOMAN.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    San Francisco: Spinsters Ink, (1985.). The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never specified. In addition to her…

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    San Francisco: Spinsters Ink, (1985.). The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never specified. In addition to her fight against apartheid, Kuzwayo also fought for equal rights for both men and women. In 1979, she was chosen Woman of the Year by the Johannesburg newspaper, The Star. This book is more than just her own story: it is also the larger story of the other women among her people who have to struggle to survive, to break free of traditional and restrictive roles and to pursue their own choices. Kuzwayo became the first black writer to be awarded the CNA Literary Prize, South AfricaÕs premier literary prize, for this work. Includes a foreword by Bessie Head, and a preface by Nadine Gordimer (who states "This is a true testimony from a wonderful woman. .. she is one of those people who give me faith in the new and different South Africa they will create." Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes lists of South African black women lawyers and medical doctors. 266 pp. ISBN: 09-33214-19x.

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    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers

    Book ID: 62380
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  • A PLACE APART. by Lytton, David.
    Lytton, David.
    A PLACE APART.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - South African author's second novel, the story of a young Cape Coloured, who is light enough to pass for white, but still finds himself crushed between conflicting traditions. 300 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (sticker of the Christopher Mann, Ltd, agency on front endpaper, corners slightly bumped.)

    Book ID: 61607
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  • Mandela, Winnie
    PART OF MY SOUL WENT WITH HIM

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Norton, 1985. Edited by Anne Benjamin and adapted by Mary Benson. 168 pages. Photographs. ISBN: 0-393-302903.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 24292
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  • Mathabane, Mark.
    KAFFIR BOY: An Autobiography.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: New American Library 1987. The story of a black youth's coming of age in apartheid South Africa. Photographs. Index. 354 pgs. ISBN: 0-452-259436.

    Condition: Very good in wrappers (crease on front cover.)

    Book ID: 21184
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  • Mathabane, Mark.
    KAFFIR BOY: An Autobiography.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: New American Library 1987. The story of a black youth's coming of age in apartheid South Africa. Photographs. Index. 354 pgs. ISBN: 0-452-259436.

    Condition: Very good in wrappers (crease on front cover.)

    Book ID: 15758
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  • Mathabane, Mark.
    KAFFIR BOY: An Autobiography.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Free Press, (1987.). The story of a black youth's coming of age in apartheid South Africa. Photographs. Index. 354 pgs. ISBN: 0-684-848287.

    Condition: Fine condition

    Book ID: 36146
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  • Mbeki, Govan.
    SOUTH AFRICA: THE PEASANTS' REVOLT.

    Edition: Paperback original - first US printing.

    Baltimore: Penguin, (1964.). First edition - A title in the Penguin African Library - AP 9. A criticism of South Africa's 'Apartheid' system by a black nationalist point of view, who was imprisoned for his opinions - specifically discusses the 'Bantustans' created by the system of racial separation, the activist attempts to resist it, and the imprisonment or execution of those opposing Apartheid. Foreword by Ronald Segal. Map, appendices, 159 pp.

    Condition: Very good (usual toning to pages).

    Book ID: 36451
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  • THE SONG DOG. by McClure, James
    McClure, James
    THE SONG DOG.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Faber & Faber, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - South African mystery featuring Afrikaner Tromp Kramer and Bantu Sergeant Zondi, set in a small town in northern Zululand in 1962. This book is a prequel to the other Kramer and Zondi mysteries - the story of how they first met each other. 281 pp. . ISBN: 0-571-164838.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (rather severe toning to the pages, edgewear to the dj)

    Book ID: 63586
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  • THE SONG DOG. by McClure, James
    McClure, James
    THE SONG DOG.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - South African mystery featuring Afrikaner Tromp Kramer and Bantu Sergeant Zondi, set in a small town in northern Zululand in 1962. This book is a prequel to the other Kramer and Zondi mysteries - the story of how they first met each other. 274 pp. . ISBN: 0-8929-62747.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 63062
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  • THE SONG DOG. by McClure, James
    McClure, James
    THE SONG DOG.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - South African mystery featuring Afrikaner Tromp Kramer and Bantu Sergeant Zondi, set in a small town in northern Zululand in 1962. This book is a prequel to the other Kramer and Zondi mysteries - the story of how they first met each other. 274 pp. . ISBN: 0-8929-62747.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line bottom edge)

    Book ID: 63190
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  • HIGHER THAN HOPE: The Authorized Biography of Nelson Mandela. by Meer, Fatima.
    Meer, Fatima.
    HIGHER THAN HOPE: The Authorized Biography of Nelson Mandela.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A dramatic and intimate portrait of the "most important political prisoner of our time" by a woman who is both a sociologist and a friend of Mandela and who was also imprisoned for her anti-apartheid activities. List of Mandela milestones. 427 pp plus a family tree. ISBN: 0-06-0161469.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53049
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  • HIGHER THAN HOPE: The Authorized Biography of Nelson Mandela. by Meer, Fatima.
    Meer, Fatima.
    HIGHER THAN HOPE: The Authorized Biography of Nelson Mandela.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A dramatic and intimate portrait of the "most important political prisoner of our time" by a woman who is both a sociologist and a friend of Mandela and who was also imprisoned for her anti-apartheid activities. List of Mandela milestones. 427 pp plus a family tree. ISBN: 0-06-0161469.

    Condition: Very near fine in near fine dust jacket (crease on front flap of dj)

    Book ID: 59030
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  • FOOLS AND OTHER STORIES. by Ndebele, Njabulo.
    Ndebele, Njabulo.
    FOOLS AND OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & London: Reader's International, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - First book by this young South African writer, a collection of 5 stories that deal with the hardships of life in the urban townships of South Africa. Originally published in South Africa, where it was the winner of the s1984 NOMA Award, the continent's highest literary award. ISBN: 0-930523-199.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (the usual toning to the pages found in this publisher's editions.)

    Book ID: 27175
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  • LET THE DEAD LIE. by Nunn, Malla.
    Nunn, Malla.
    LET THE DEAD LIE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original,

    New York: Washington Square Press, (2010). First edition - Second crime novel featuring now ex-Detective Emmanuel Cooper, set during apartheid in 1953 in the dangerous South African underworld, where Cooper (who was reclassified from white to mixed race) is working in undercover surveillance on the Durban docks. Includes Q & A with author, 382 pp. ISBN: 97814165-86227.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (some spotting to the top edge of the textblock).

    Book ID: 60162
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  • AH, BUT YOUR LAND IS BEAUTIFUL by Paton, Alan
    Paton, Alan
    AH, BUT YOUR LAND IS BEAUTIFUL

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Scribner's, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in South Africa, by this noted South African writer, a founder of the Liberal Party there. This covers the years from 1952-1958 and includes both real and fictitious characters who were involved in the fight against apartheid. 271 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-684173360.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 79728
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  • Ramgobin, Mewa.
    WAITING TO LIVE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    New York: Random House (Aventura ) 1986. First edition - Novel of apartheid written by a young South African while he was under government bannings and in prison himself for his opposition to apartheid.

    Condition: Near fine in wrappers.

    Book ID: 14185
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  • EMPIRE SETTINGS. by Schmahmann, David.
    Schmahmann, David.
    EMPIRE SETTINGS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Buffalo, New York: White Pine Press, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this South African born writer, set (in large part) in South Africa during the years of apartheid. 327 pp. ISBN: 1893996166.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 58147
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  • PROMISED LAND. by Schoeman, Karl.
    Schoeman, Karl.
    PROMISED LAND.

    Edition: First thus.

    New York: Summit Books, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this award-winning Afrikaans writer to be published in English. Originally published in 1978, this was reissued because changing circumstances in South Africa made it even more relevant - it presents a picture of South Africa in what was then 20 or 30 years in the future, with the former privileged ruling class of whites barely managing to survive - a warning of the consequences of apartheid (or of any misrule). Graham Greene described this novel as "a South African 1984" Translated by Marion V. Freedman. 205 pp. ISBN: 0-671-644254.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 63776
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  • Scott, Nathaniel
    CHOKING VINE

    Edition: First printing.

    Sacramento, CA: Wooden Angel Press, 1987. First edition - Poetry chapbook by this African American author on the repercussions of apartheid and the situation in South Africa. Cover woodcut by D. Woodard. Glossary, selected bibliography.

    Condition: Near fine in stapled glossy wrappers.

    Book ID: 9041
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