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Apartheid and the making of a Black psychologist : a memoir
- Title
- Apartheid and the making of a Black psychologist : a memoir / by N. Chabani Manganyi.
- Author
- Manganyi, N. C.
- Publication
- Johannesburg : Wits University Press, [2016]
- ©2016
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hayes, Grahame
- Description
- xv, 210 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This intriguing memoir details in a quiet and restrained manner what it meant to be a committed black intellectual activist during the apartheid years and beyond. Few autobiographies exploring the 'life of the mind' and the 'history of ideas' have come out of South Africa, and N Chabani Manganyi's reflections on a life engaged with ideas, the psychological and philosophical workings of the mind and the act of writing are a refreshing addition to the genre of life writing. Starting with his rural upbringing in Mavambe in Limpopo province in the 1940s, Manganyi's life story unfolds at a gentle pace, tracing the twists and turns of his journey from humble beginnings to Yale University in the USA. The author details his work as a clinical practitioner and researcher, as a biographer, as an expert witness in defence of opponents of the apartheid regime and, finally, as a leading educationist in Mandela's Cabinet and in the South African academy. Apartheid and the Making of a Black Psychologist is a book about relationships and the fruits of intellectual and creative labour. In it, Manganyi describes how he used his skills as a clinical psychologist to explore lives both those of the subjects of his biographies and those of the accused for whom he testified in mitigation; his aim always to find a higher purpose and a higher self."--Publisher description.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Early Days in Mavambe -- Chapter 2. Baragwanath Hospital and Beyond -- Chapter 3. A Place Called Umtata -- Chapter 4. Curiosity Did Not Kill This Cat -- Chapter 5. In the Soup : Courtrooms and Witnessing -- Chapter 6. The Psychology of Crowds -- Chapter 7. Justice and the Comrades -- Chapter 8. Working for a Higher Purpose.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 18-17926
- ISBN
- 9781868148622
- 1868148629
- 9781868148639 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781868148646 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781868148753 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2016481302
- OCLC
- 950446060
- Author
- Manganyi, N. C., author.
- Title
- Apartheid and the making of a Black psychologist : a memoir / by N. Chabani Manganyi.
- Publisher
- Johannesburg : Wits University Press, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Hayes, Grahame, writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 18-17926