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Overview"In this collection of letters between a South African political prisoner and a community organizer in Durban, two people who have never met become dear friends during the last decade of apartheid. Ahmed Kathrada is being held in Robben Island when he sends a letter to a former flat mate and receives a reply from the man's sister, Zuleikha Mayat, the ""Betty Crocker"" of South Africa and the editor of the best-selling cookbook Indian Delights. Virtual strangers, these two have in common their small-town Transvaal childhoods, and they find much to explore in their different approaches to culture, politics, and religion. The letters are written with wit and style as they discuss both the issues of the day and the sustenance found in memory." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Goolam Vahed , Thembisa WaetjenPublisher: Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Imprint: Jacana Media Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9781770097537ISBN 10: 1770097538 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 13 November 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationGoolam Vahed completed his studies in South Africa and the US and has immediate family in two continents and appreciates the importance of letter writing. He teaches History at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and has published work on the Indian diaspora, Islam, and the role of sport and culture in South African society. His previous publications include Blacks in Whites: A Century of Sporting Struggles in Kwazulu Natal, 1880-2002 (2002) and Inside Indenture: A South African Story, 1860-1914 and co-edited Empire & Cricket: The South African Experience 1884-1914. Thembisa Waetjen has family on two continents and has become a practiced letter writer. She teaches history and internet studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her scholarship is concerned with gender and culture in South Africa, and the way they have informed citizenship and debates about modernity and national identity. She has previously published Workers and Warriors: Masculinity and the Struggle for Nation in South Africa. Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois, 2004. Republished by HSRC Press in 2006. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |