The Early Writings of Alex La Guma: Reflections on Cultcha, Identity, and Freedom in the 1950s and 1960s - Softcover

9781928246718: The Early Writings of Alex La Guma: Reflections on Cultcha, Identity, and Freedom in the 1950s and 1960s

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1928246710 ISBN 13: 9781928246718

Verlag: BestRed, 2025

As a leader of the South African Coloured People''s Organisation and a communist, Alex La Guma was charged with treason, banned, lived under house arrest, and ultimately forced into exile. This collection of his early work as a journalist and short story writer, well before he became a published novelist, provides unique cameos of South African life and politics during the late 1950s and early 1960s, invaluable for the recovery of important aspects of the history of South Africa’s liberation movement.The collection also offers important insight into La Guma''s development as a serious writer; many of the themes in his fiction are first encountered in these early articles and stories, providing seminal material for scholars seeking to understand the progression of his work.

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�ber die Autorinnen und Autoren

Andr� Odendaal is vice chancellor's writer in residence and honorary professor of history and heritage studies at the University of the Western Cape.

Roger Field is senior lecturer at the University of the Western Cape.

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