{"product_id":"early-writings-of-alex-la-guma-book-andr-odendaal-9781928246718","title":"The Early Writings of Alex La Guma","description":"As a leader of the South African Coloured People's Organisation and a communist, Alex La Guma was charged with treason, banned, lived under house arrest, and ultimately forced into exile. This collection of his early work as a journalist and short story writer, well before he became a published novelist, provides unique cameos of South African life and politics during the late 1950s and early 1960s, invaluable for the recovery of important aspects of the history of South Africa's liberation movement.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The collection also offers important insight into La Guma's development as a serious writer; many of the themes in his fiction are first encountered in these early articles and stories, providing seminal material for scholars seeking to understand the progression of his work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CONTENTS:  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eForeword--Hein Willemse.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCape Town's Urban Griot: A Tribute to Alex La Guma--Rev. Michael Weeder.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePhoto Gallery.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTHEATRE OF LIFE.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentical Books.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA Day in Court.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Dead-End Kids of Hanover Street.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn the Shadow of the Kwela-Kwela.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTen Days in Roeland Street Jail.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLaw of the Jungle.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOut of the Darkness (short story).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBattle for Honour (short story).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTREASON TRIAL.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e156 Families to Feed.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCourt Cameos.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNcincilili! In Praise of Wilton Mkwayi.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTime to Think.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJO'BURG.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe City of Gold.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoing the Town.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFietas.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMuddy Pools Which Could Be Tears.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLittle Libby: The Adventures of Liberation Chabalala (cartoon strip).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCAPE TOWN.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBack Up My Alley.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMe and \"Cultcha.\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Why Must We Move?\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChristian National Education.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eElections for the \"Coloured Representatives.\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAh, Dis die Economic Boycott.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Coloured Affairs\"and Uncle Toms.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLanga 1960.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eState of Emergency.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNo to the White Republic!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCOLD WARS.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Picture in the Parlor.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUncle Sam.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSputnik.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Hot, Grey Streets, the Blistering Tenements, the Foul Alleyways (Why I Became a Communist?).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTHE ORDINARY OR GARDEN NAT (RULING-CLASS POLITICS).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHerr Doktor Verwoerd and Nationalist Small-Fry Talk.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Immorality\": Says Who?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFishy Business.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePampoen-onder-die-Bos.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eINTO EXILE.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLove Song.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Note in the Roast Potato.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFrom Canary Cage to Albatross Wings.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVietnam 1973: A Repetition of the Pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVisit to Vilnius.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"I Came Here to Sing\": A Tribute to Pablo Neruda.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIsrael and South Africa: Where the Vultures Perch.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlex La Guma's Full Body of Work and His Final Assignment.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNever Mind, You Will See Table Mountain Again.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51632263725329,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51632264085777,"sku":"NGR9781928246718","price":46.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1928246710.jpg?v=1779962537","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/early-writings-of-alex-la-guma-book-andr-odendaal-9781928246718","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}