The Native Commissioner: a Novel - Softcover

Johnson, Shaun

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143025015 ISBN 13: 9780143025016

Verlag: Penguin, 2006

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As a Native Commissioner through the 1940's to 1960's, George Jameson was responsible for the welfare of the 'natives' in his appointed region. He prided himself on furthering relations between communities, speaking several tribal languages fluently and developing a reputation as a man to be trusted and sought after for help and advice. With a thriving young family, a devoted wife and a quick succession of promotions, George is proud of everything he has achieved so far, in particular the understanding he is fostering between whites and blacks. Then, in the wake of the 1948 elections, George feels a shift in the Native Affairs Department's agenda. As he is shunted from one outpost to another, his role becoming ever more hopeless, his place in South Africa's future increasingly hazy, he feels the weight of his powerlessness and finds himself fighting off a crippling depression.

The Native Commissioner is a heart-wrenching portrayal of a kind and conscientious man who felt himself cast adrift under the weight of South African apartheid.

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Shaun Johnson worked as a journalist for many years, launching South Africa's Sunday Independent and becoming MD of Independent Newspapers in South Africa, before accepting the role of CEO for the Mandela Rhodes Foundation. The Native Commissioner is his first novel. He lives in Cape Town.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0143025015
• ISBN 13: 9780143025016
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
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