Boerejood

Boerejood
Author: Julian Roup
Publisher: Jacana Media
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781770090224

Depicts South Africa through the eyes of a Boerejood, a half-Afrikaans, half-Jewish writer who struggles with issues of race and identity, as does his nation.

Boerejood: One Man’s Quest to Understand the Miracle of Democracy in South Africa

Boerejood: One Man’s Quest to Understand the Miracle of Democracy in South Africa
Author: Julian Roup
Publisher: BLKDOG Publishing
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2024-10-16
Genre: History
ISBN:

“Brilliant: engaged, intelligent, personal… and funny” – Financial Times Ten years after democracy arrived in South Africa here is a book that gives a voice to the Afrikaner, speaking in English about the ‘Miracle’ of the peaceful transition to majority rule – their worst nightmare. This is a book that goes beyond politics with the very human story of one man, giving insight into the hearts and minds of a people struggling to find their identity as white Africans trying to secure their place in Africa. They are seen through the eyes of a Boerejood – a half-Afrikaans, half-Jewish writer – who struggles himself with issues of identity, reflecting the struggle around him. In the final analysis Boerejood is about the universal human struggle between good and evil, black and white, justice and injustice, love and hate – all that defines us as being human. It takes the reader on an astonishing and remarkable journey of discovery, the destination being the soul of the Afrikaner, and an answer to why these people accepted black majority rule with relatively no struggle, after years of racist persecution of their black and brown neighbours. “Reading Boerejood is like being a voyeur at a hugely animated dinner party where you sit and listen to highly charged debate with intelligent people locking horns. They make fascinating points and then incredibly inane and naïve remarks. Then they dazzle with astute observations. You are hooked and hang on to every word.”- Cape Times

A Dictionary of South African English

A Dictionary of South African English
Author: Jean Branford
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1987
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Containing over 5000 entries, this enlarged and revised edition provides a wealth of new and updated words borrowed from Afrikaans, Malay, township slang, Indian Khosian and Bantu languages, including words influenced by the political upheavals of recent years. Branford offers phonetic transcripts for words derived from other languages, and for most entries, he gives etymologies, grammatical usages, and helpful quotes.

Dorot

Dorot
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2003
Genre: Genealogy
ISBN:

The Travelling Rabbi

The Travelling Rabbi
Author: Moshe Silberhaft
Publisher: Jacana Media
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1431405981

Annotation Tracing the journeys of the Travelling Rabbi, this book highlights Rabbi Silberhafts invaluable work in Africa, from caring for the graves of the forgotten and performing wedding ceremonies to providing kosher food and religious insight to various communities. Including numerous storiessome tragic, others humorous, but always fascinatingthis memoir is a celebration of the resilient people he encounters and a permanent record of the Jewish communities and personalities who would otherwise be forgotten.

Breaking Barriers

Breaking Barriers
Author: C N Van Der Merwe
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2023-10-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004650113

Locating Life Stories

Locating Life Stories
Author: Maureen Perkins
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2012-09-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0824837738

The thirteen essays in this volume come from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, South Africa, and Hawai‘i. With a shared focus on the specific local conditions that influence the ways in which life narratives are told, the authors engage with a variety of academic disciplines, including anthropology, history, media studies, and literature, to challenge claims that life writing is an exclusively Western phenomenon. Addressing the common desire to reflect on lived experience, the authors enlist interdisciplinary perspectives to interrogate the range of cultural forms available for representing and understanding lives. Contributors: Maria Faini, Kenneth George, Philip Holden, David T. Hill, Craig Howes, Bryan Kuwada, Kirin Narayan, Maureen Perkins, Peter Read, Tony Simoes da Silva, Mathilda Slabbert, Gerry van Klinken, Pei-yi Wu.

Evita's Bossie Sikelela

Evita's Bossie Sikelela
Author: Evita Bezuidenhout
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2012-12-13
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1415205280

Evita – acclaimed chef and icon of the nation – presents her recipes for delicious dishes gathered on travels in South Africa and around the world. From the Cape to Limpopo, the West Coast to our president’s home province, come divine platefuls: guineafowl with prunes, potroasted quail, quince bredie and orange duck. Pofadders, oxtail and even sweet and sour warthog. Evita reinvents old favourites, and deliciously prepares veldkos – who would have thought of waterblommetjie chicken or dandelion salad for the dinner table? Each recipe has been tested and vetted, and they’re all ridiculously easy to make. My liewe aarde, just paging through the book is a mouth-watering experience, with all these pictures taken on her visits. First there was Kossie Sikelela, now there is Bossie. A new culinary front hits your table.