Shades of Difference : Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa – Padraig o’malley

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Traces the inside story of South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement as experienced firsthand by Nelson Mandela’s minister of transport, describing his work as a freedom fighter, his imprisonment at the side of Mandela, and his key role in negotiations that ultimately led to South Africa’s freedom in 1994.
From Publishers Weekly
In this groundbreaking biography of a central figure in the fight to end South African apartheid, O’Malley draws on every aspect of Maharaj’s life and the society in which he lived in order to understand South Africa’s changing racial and political context over the past 100 years. Based on extensive interviews with Maharaj, this is an often harrowing read, recounting his torture as a political prisoner and the many difficulties and setbacks suffered by underground activists within and outside of South Africa. Maharaj—a first-person narrator in most of the book—comes across as an imperfect and deeply human hero, animated by his stubborn streak to devote his entire life to the cause. Few people have had a more eventful life, and the book has some of the flavor of spy vs. spy: “My blazer was stolen from the bedroom of our hideout. In the blazer, which was part of my disguise, was three thousand dollars. The blazer had my pocket diary, in the inside cover of which I had written key contact numbers.” A lengthy foreword by Nelson Mandela touches on his relationship with Maharaj, his decision to make him minister of transport in the first free South African government, and the time they shared imprisoned on Robben Island.

Hardcover in Very Good+ condition, tight and clean, free from any inscriptions. Dust Wrapper very good. Bound tightly A copy to be proud of. First Edition

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SKU: 9780670852338 Category: Title: Shades of Difference : Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa
Author: Padraig o'malley
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Year: 2007
ISBN10: 0670852333
ISBN13: 9780670852338
Condition: Good
Format: Hardcover
Inventory No: 864

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Traces the inside story of South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement as experienced firsthand by Nelson Mandela’s minister of transport, describing his work as a freedom fighter, his imprisonment at the side of Mandela, and his key role in negotiations that ultimately led to South Africa’s freedom in 1994.
From Publishers Weekly
In this groundbreaking biography of a central figure in the fight to end South African apartheid, O’Malley draws on every aspect of Maharaj’s life and the society in which he lived in order to understand South Africa’s changing racial and political context over the past 100 years. Based on extensive interviews with Maharaj, this is an often harrowing read, recounting his torture as a political prisoner and the many difficulties and setbacks suffered by underground activists within and outside of South Africa. Maharaj—a first-person narrator in most of the book—comes across as an imperfect and deeply human hero, animated by his stubborn streak to devote his entire life to the cause. Few people have had a more eventful life, and the book has some of the flavor of spy vs. spy: “My blazer was stolen from the bedroom of our hideout. In the blazer, which was part of my disguise, was three thousand dollars. The blazer had my pocket diary, in the inside cover of which I had written key contact numbers.” A lengthy foreword by Nelson Mandela touches on his relationship with Maharaj, his decision to make him minister of transport in the first free South African government, and the time they shared imprisoned on Robben Island.

Hardcover in Very Good+ condition, tight and clean, free from any inscriptions. Dust Wrapper very good. Bound tightly A copy to be proud of. First Edition

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Weight 0.92 kg
Dimensions 24.2 × 16 × 4.4 cm

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