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Title

The texture of dissent : defiant public intellectuals in South Africa / edited by Narnia Bohler-Muller, Vasu Reddy, Gregory Houston, Maxi Schoeman, Heather Thuynsma.

Publication

Cape Town, South Africa : BestRed, an imprint of HSRC Press, 2022.

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Additional Authors

• Bohler-Müller, Narnia
• Reddy, Vasu
• Houston, Gregory F.
• Schoeman, Maxi
• Thuynsma, Heather A.

Description

x, 466 pages : portraits; 25 cm

Subject

• Intellectuals > South Africa
• Intellectuals > Political activity > South Africa
• Social movements > South Africa
• Intellectual life
• Intellectuals
• Intellectuals > Political activity
• Social movements
• South Africa > Intellectual life
• South Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-455) and index.

Contents

• Defiant public intellectuals in South Africa -- Part I: Political public intellectuals. Frene Ginwala: speraker of truth to power -- Ronnie Kasrils: Armed and ganderous -- Thabo Mbeki: born into struggle -- Chris Hani: working class hero -- Kgalema Motlanthe: from the underground to the presidency -- Allan Boesak: activist cleric -- Frank Chikane: defiant preacher -- Trevor Manuel: from anti-apartheid activist to government minister -- Blade Nzimande: safeguarding communism -- Barney Desai: defender of non-racialism -- Patricia de Lille: fighting the good fight -- Steve Biko: father of black consciousness in SA -- Barney Pityana: outspoken champion for human rights -- Mosibudi Mangena: striving for black consciousness -- Alex Boraine: visionary bridge-builder and prince of peace -- Frederick van Zyl Slabbert: an Afrikaner African -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu: longing for the nation -- Sheena Duncan: strike a woman, strike a rock -- Zwelinzima Vavi: veteran trade unionist -- Part II: Cultural public intellectuals. Adam Small: poetry against discrimination -- Njabulo Ndebele: luminary and distinguished academic -- Zakes Mda: Filler of the void -- Mandla Langa: literary activist -- Antjie Krog: resistance and wilfulness -- Mongane Wally Serote:artistic talent in the struggle -- Peter Magubane: the struggle in focus -- Omar Badsha: placing the collective above the individual -- William Kentridge: breathtaking reassessments -- David Kramer: songbooks for the overlooked -- Gcina Mhlophe: charismatic storyteller -- Mike van Graan: dramatist, cultural activist, master of irony -- Abdullah Ibrahim: the healing power of music -- Johnny Clegg: spirit of the great heart -- Sibongile Khumalo: African nightingale -- Johannes Kerkorrel: wise fool who left the fray -- Brenda Fassie: MaBrr, the African madonna -- Simphiwe Dana: lyrical renegade -- Marc Lottering: laughing is serious business -- Anton Kannemeyer: humour is a weapon -- Chester Missing: puppet politics
• Part 3: Academic public intellectuals. Hermann Giliomee: historian with a public profile -- Jonathan Jansen: servant leader -- Shireen Hassim: iron fist of women's rights and gender justice politics -- William Gumede: a towering intellect -- Xolela Mange: rewriting history and reshaping consciousness -- Ashwin Desai: we are the poors -- Patrick Bond: Fostering critical knowledge for social change -- Pierre de Vos: speaking constitutionally -- Quarraisha Abdool Karim: epidemiologist extraordinaire -- Part 4: Organic public intellectuals. Pius Langa: pioneer for social justice -- Navi Pillay: Champion of the voiceless -- Dikgang Moseneke: warrior for justice -- Zak Yacoob: justice for socioeconomic rights -- Edwin Cameron: from the orphanage to the bench of the Constitutional Court -- Mogoeng Mogoeng: the 'puppet' who cut his strings -- Thuli Madonsela: irresistible force of justice -- Henry Numalo: father of black journalism -- Lewis Nkosi: giant of South African letters -- Aggrey Klaaste: building a nation with the stroke of a pen -- Anton Harber: struggling to do good -- Mark Gevisser: creativity -- Ferial Haffajee: powerful reflection in a time of great turmoil -- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka: champion of women's rights -- Mbuyiseni Ndlozi: the people's bae -- Clem Sunter: futurist -- Lebohang Pheko: Afrikan feminist -- John Perlman: extraordinary man of the people -- Hennie van Vuuren: author and social justice activist -- Simon Nkoli: standard bearer of a black homosexual revolution -- Nomboniso Gasa: the feminist -- Mark Heywood: errant socialist -- Sisonke Msimang: gender activist -- Eusebius McKaiser: outspoken political commentator.

Call Number

ReCAP 23-8738

ISBN

• 9781928246572
• 1928246575

LCCN

2023418514

OCLC

1350638391

Title

The texture of dissent : defiant public intellectuals in South Africa / edited by Narnia Bohler-Muller, Vasu Reddy, Gregory Houston, Maxi Schoeman, Heather Thuynsma.

Publisher

Cape Town, South Africa : BestRed, an imprint of HSRC Press, 2022.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-455) and index.

Added Author

Bohler-Müller, Narnia, editor.

Reddy, Vasu, editor.

Houston, Gregory F., editor.

Schoeman, Maxi, editor.

Thuynsma, Heather A., editor.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 23-8738