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Vanishing Cultures of South Africa By: Peter Magubane A second printing hardcover published by Struik in 1998 Picture cover boards are as new, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, dustjacket is complete, in as new condition Packaging and Postage within South Africa R70.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation Abe #

In Vanishing Cultures, Magubane documents the customs and traditional beliefs of ten indigenous peoples in his homeland of South Africa. A separate chapter is devoted to each of the peoples. Blending a thoughtful description of rituals, religion, artistry, and other aspects of social life, along with an exquisite photo essay, Magubane offers a wonderful introduction to these people. His photographs range from the dramatic action of dances to the quiet dignity of individuals posing in their traditional dress. An excellent example of the best in photo journalism. Large format hardcover with dust jacket. First edition published 1998. 168 pages.  Illustrated throughout. A stunning work in very good condition. Tracked postage is R60.00.    

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Large format. Hardcover with d/j in very good condition. First edition 1998 with 168 pages and beautifully illustrated with colour photographs. Peter Magubane documented the customs and traditional beliefs of ten indigenous peoples in South Africa. Contents: The Xhosa, the Zulu, the Ndebele, the Venda, the Tsonga, the Basutho, the Tswana, the Pedi, the Ntwana and the San. The photographs bear witness to what is the best example of photo journalism. Postage in RSA = R59.00

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 10 - 15 working days South Africa has lost 116 indigenous flower species to three extinction categories: 'Extinct', 'Extinct in the Wild' and 'Critically Endangered, Possibly Extinct'. Mindful of the fact that extinctions are mainly due to people, Cape-based photographer Anneke Kearney compiled this photographic record of endangered plants to make people aware of the dire future of our beautiful plants, so that nobody can say, 'I didn't know'. Cape Town has more threatened species than any other area in the country. The most important other hotspots are Coega, Albany, Pondoland, KwaZulu-Natal midlands and Drakensberg, Magaliesberg, Sekhukhuneland-Drakensberg and Barberton. Renowned botanist and conservation campaigner, Dr Tony Rebelo, says in the Foreword that a call to action is not just for us. "It is for our children. It is not just for esoteric and idealist reasons. Thousands of visitors come...every year just for the biodiversity. Hundreds of thousands more have it as one of the reasons for their visit. Our health, our relaxation, our existence is enhanced by living in a biodiversity showcase. The Littlest Kingdom on earth must retain its splendour...there is space for everyone, including the biodiversity that occurs nowhere else on earth. This book with its spectacular photographs of rare and little seen plants, is sure to make a huge contribution to raising awareness of and spreading critical information on our indigenous flora. Features Summary A showcase of spectacular photographs of rare and little seen plants, raising awareness of their endangerment. Author Anneke Kearney Publisher Metz Press Release date 20121015 Pages 176 ISBN 1-920479-55-4 ISBN 13 978-1-920479-55-8

  Free Postage Within SA for Orders Over R900! Softcover. James Currey, 2000. 239 pages. Radio has played a pivotal role in situations of conflict, crisis, change and development on the African continent. Local radio stations are as important as international broadcasters being both the barometers and agents of change. This text examines African radio broadcast cultures. About the authors (2000): Richard Fardon is Professor of West African Anthropology and Head of the Doctoral School at SOAS, University of London. He writes as a social anthropologist and an ethnographer of West Africa with wide interests that include art, intellectual history, religion, politics, and identity. Graham Furniss is also a former chairman of the Centre for African Studies. Fardon and Furniss previously collaborated on African Languages, Development, and the State (1994). Near Fine condition. Additional photos on request. Please ask any questions before placing your order.   Africana / South Africa / Performing Arts / Community Radio / History & Criticism / Culture / Political / SABC / Sudan / Zambia Grading Scale: Many more books on sale, click here to browse!

Many cultures, one nation Festshrift for Beyer Naude - Edited by Charles Villa-Vicencio and Carl Niehaus - Human & Rousseau - 1995 - 183pp - Paperback in good condition. A Book for everyone who wishes to participate in the debate about the future of South Africa.

The Silent Past - Mysterious and Forgotten Cultures of the World By: Ivar Lissner A first english edition softcover published by Jonathan Cape in 1963 Picture cover boards are lightly faded, spine is agecoloured, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions Postage within South Africa R30.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postage Quote

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We combine postage, so do look at our other items on offer. Postage prices outside of South African borders will differ. Please enquire before purchasing. SAPO and PAXI packages Dispatched within 4 business days. Courier packages Dispatched within 3 business days. Condition: Good. HSRC, 2007 - History - 240 pp. Name of previous owner on flyleaf. Cities are not only made of buildings and roads, but they are also constructed through popular imagination and memory as evidenced in this collection of oral and visual histories drawn from the people who live, work, and creatively express themselves in Cape Town, South Africa. The collected works move beyond apartheid history to analyze the reflective ways in which people are coming to terms with that history through memory, work, performance, and memorialization. "The overriding strength of this book is that it places people—ordinary people—at the centre of memory, at the centre of historical and contemporary experience, and thus at the centre of reimagining and owning the city of Cape Town. It is as they speak—what they choose to say, what they choose to remain silent about—that we become aware of the possibilities of the city, if it really did embrace all its people, in all of their diversity." —Mike van Graan, from the foreword. Free and discounted shipping on bulk purchases (postal and courier) within the RSA. See shipping for details.   Please Click ---> HERE PTO Books is selling.

Nature and Sport in South Africa By H Anderson Bryden First Edition 1897 Chapman & Hall, London 314 pages Illustrated with fontis only. Gilt lettering on the cover and spine is bright and intact. Top edge gilt. Much on bird shooting but quoting from Czech "There are chapters on rhinoceros, eland, kudu, sable, and other antelope species with Bryden relating the efforts of famous sportsmen such as Harris and Selous and brief mention of his own exploits. Of additional interest is the final chapter regarding the vanishing herds of game in South Africa."  

2011. Soft cover, 362 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg. Driven by remarkable passion, strong conviction, and a belief in his dreams, farmer-turned-taxi driver, Errol, has shown unrelenting commitment to his cause. This has been both his strength and at times his undoing. The reader is taken from Errol's humble beginnings on a farm in KwaZulu-Natal to his rise in popularity, and his fall into bankruptcy and divorce. He has not spared himself in telling the story of his early farming days and the errors he has made. It is also an exposé of his personal relationships - from losing his wife to the local doctor - and then himself having an intimate relationship with a doctor's wife. Errol has developed a unique perspective. He believes that the present government has failed its people through political top-heaviness and inefficiency. This view stems from his involvement with the most overlooked and poverty-stricken people of South Africa, and the state of deterioration that he sees around him daily. His solution to the problem: to follow the European example and divide South Africa into four self-governing countries. This division would be based on the respective and predominant cultures within those regions. Errol lets you see South Africa through the eyes of a man who has come to know her from the ground up".

A History of South Africa by Frank Welsh   ' A remarkable feat of scholarship, fairness and readability, full of lively detail with a freshness of style which brings new life to the narrative ' Anthony Sampson Throughout its turbulent history, South Africa has frequently been the focus of worldwide attention -- usually hostile. Yet prejudice and ignorance about the country are widespread. The evolution of the present-day 'Rainbow Nation' has taken place under conditions of sometimes extreme pressure. Since long before the arrival of the first European settlers in the seventeenth century, the country has been home to a complex and uneasily co-existing blend of races and cultures, and successive waves of immigrants have added to the already volatile mixture. Despite the euphoria which greeted the dismantling of the apartheid system and the election as President of Nelson Mandela in April 1994, South Africa's history, racial mix and recent political upheavals suggest it will not easily free itself from the legacy of its tumultuous past. Newly revised and updated, Frank Welsh's vividly written, even-handed and authoritative history casts new light on many of South Africa's most cherished myths. Like his A History of Hong Kong, it will surely come to be regarded as definitive.

1988 paperback with 594 pages in good secondhand condition. R60 postage in SA.