Bafana Republic and Other Satires - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bafana Republic and Other Satires write by Mike van Graan. This book was released on 2020-06-01. Bafana Republic and Other Satires available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This collection of satirical sketches takes readers on a sometimes cynical, sometimes hilarious trip through many of the issues that face democratic South Africa The seed of this collection was sown in 2007 when South Africa won the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The debate about huge amounts of public funds being spent on a 'vanity project' instead of being used to improve the lives of the majority of the country’s citizens inspired Mike van Graan, one of South Africa's leading contemporary political playwrights, to use sport as an entry point for satirical commentary. Van Graan follows this with piercing attention towards matters of the state. With themes ranging from the World Cup to the political football of land, from the violent abuse of women to state capture, this selection of satirical sketches takes readers on a rollercoaster trip through many of the issues that face democratic South Africa. The sketches come from six one-person revues, Bafana Republic (2007), Bafana Republic: Extra Time (2008), Bafana Republic: Penalty Shootout (2009), Pay Back the Curry (2016), State Fracture (2017) and Land Acts (2018). Van Graan uses a potent mix of comedy, poetry and drama to make points that hit hard at core issues which 21st-century South Africans are struggling with. Readers will laugh and cringe and sometimes cry, but one thing they will not be able to do is remain unaffected.
The Bones of the Ancestors are Shaking
The Bones of the Ancestors are Shaking - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Bones of the Ancestors are Shaking write by Russell Kaschula. This book was released on 2002. The Bones of the Ancestors are Shaking available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. ‘In The Bones of The Ancestors Are Shaking, Russell Kaschula provides an ample introduction to the subject of oral poetry, both drawing on earlier accounts and presenting his own material, much of which has hitherto been unavailable in book form. Kaschula presents rich texts and translations of the Xhosa praise poetry for which southern Africa has long been famous, not only in the context of studies of African oral literature, but also among comparative scholars of world literature. The texts and translations in this book are a valuable and attractive addition to the record, ranging as they do from nineteenth-century examples to late twentieth-century praises for Joe Slovo, F.W. de Klerk, the South African soccer squad or Nelson Mandela, the latter being a special focus of the volume.’ — Professor Ruth Finnegan, The Open University, UK
Ndizani Bafana Bafana 1992-2003
Ndizani Bafana Bafana 1992-2003 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ndizani Bafana Bafana 1992-2003 write by Sello Lediga. This book was released on 2003. Ndizani Bafana Bafana 1992-2003 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Bafana Bafana
Bafana Bafana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bafana Bafana write by Troy Blacklaws. This book was released on 2013-03-26. Bafana Bafana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. DIVOne boy’s journey to see his favorite soccer player in action becomes an uplifting song to the South African spiritDIV /divA modern-day folktale set in the heart of South Africa, Bafana Bafana is the story of Pelé, an eleven-year-old village boy whose dream is to see his soccer team play. Such a dream is considered crazy for a boy from the distant outback, but Pelé is far from ordinary; determined to see his favorite player, Sibusiso Zuma, play live, Pelé treks hundreds of kilometers to the jostling, jiving Cape Town. From the dangers of townships, the incredible story of Nelson Mandela, and the magic of a local medicine man, Bafana Bafana is a joyous and lively tale about following your dreams, even in the face of daunting hurdles.DIV /div /div
Rugby and the South African Nation
Rugby and the South African Nation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rugby and the South African Nation write by David Ross Black. This book was released on 1998. Rugby and the South African Nation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Conventional historical and political analyses of South Africa have frequently neglected the vital role of sport in general, and rugby in particular. This book fills the gap through a critical interpretation of rugby's role in the development of white society, its role in shaping significant social divisions, and its centrality to the apartheid era "power elite".
