Max Du Preez
Autor(a) de Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets
About the Author
Obras de Max Du Preez
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1951-03-03
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- South Africa
- Ocupação
- Newspaper editor
- Premiações
- 2008 - Nat Nakasa Award for fearless reporting[
1991 - Louis M. Lyons Award for conscience and integrity in journalism
Membros
Resenhas
Prêmios
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Membros
- 148
- Popularidade
- #140,180
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 25
- Idiomas
- 1
So it was was with all of that in mind that I picked up this book, and I've been truly blessed in doing so. It really is a lot of unusual stories of South Africa's past. It shows however divided and different we may have believed ourselves to be, we really aren't. It contains stories about Shaka, Jan van Riebieeck, the Khoikhoi, Apartheid and eventual Democracy, among others.
(Some time in the next few days I'll add an excerpt or two that really moved me.)
Reading this reminded me of why I am proud to be an African.… (mais)