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Directors: Angus Gibson and Jo Menell Directors of Photography: Dewald Aukema and Peter Tischhauser Editor: Andy Keir Music: Hugh Masekela and Cédric Gradus Samson Producers:…2007 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Fiction: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz (Riverhead) General Nonfiction:…Johannesburg
(Encyclopedia) JohannesburgJohannesburgjōhănˈĭsbörgˌ, yōhäˈnəsbörkhˌ [key], city, now part and seat of City of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality, Gauteng prov., NE South Africa, on the southern…Transkei
(Encyclopedia) TranskeiTranskeitrănskīˈ [key], former black “homeland” and nominal republic, E South Africa, in what is now Eastern Cape prov. Transkei was bounded by the Great Kei River on the south…Disgrace
Author:J.M. CoetzeePublisher:Viking Disgrace, winner of the 1999 Booker Prize, deals explicitly with J.M.Coetzee's homeland after Apartheid. As in Waiting for the Barbarians, exquisite…Timeline: Nelson Mandela
Here are some key moments in the life of Nelson Mandela. by Jennie Wood 1918 1952 1968 1980 1994 2001 2013 1918 July 18 Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela is born into the Mabida clan. His…Jimmy Carter
Name at birth: James Earl Carter, Jr.Jimmy Carter defeated incumbent Gerald Ford in 1976 to become president of the United States. He served one term, from 1977-81, and was succeeded by President…Gauteng
(Encyclopedia) Gauteng, province, 7,019 sq mi (18,178 sq km), NE South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Gauteng was…Abrahams, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Abrahams, Peter, 1919–2017, South African novelist and journalist, b. Peter Henry Abrahams Deras. Though he lived mostly in exile, he exposed the injustices of the apartheid system and…Boer
(Encyclopedia) BoerBoerb&oobreve;r, bôr [key] [Du.,=farmer], inhabitant of South Africa of Dutch or French Huguenot descent. Boers are also known as Afrikaners. They first settled (1652) near the…Trending
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