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Soweto Burning - A Family's Journey to the 1976 Soweto Riots (Paperback) Price: R245
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Soweto Burning - A Family's Journey to the 1976 Soweto Riots (Paperback)

Don Emby

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In the 1950s a routine underground inspection in a gold mine turns into a horrifying experience for a South African mining engineer.

In the 1970s a young woman decides to hike the Fish River Canyon in Namibia; and an American Catholic priest journeys to Soweto to care for abused women and children.

These seemingly unrelated strands form the foundation of a family’s journey to a day that would forever change them - and the country in which they live. Wednesday 16 June 1976, the day on which high school pupils in Soweto organised a riot to protest against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of education, marked a clear watershed for South Africa.

Soweto Burning, is part factual history and part fictional novel, portrays the parallel journey of a family and a country to a crescendo that rocked the world. It starkly illustrates how this dramatic turning point, and the policy of racial segregation through Apartheid, affected one white family and the country as a whole; how our actions impact on others, and how even one courageous decision can change countless lives.

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Imprint: Honeybush Books
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: March 2014
Authors: Don Emby
Dimensions: 191 x 133 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 978-0-620-59127-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General
Books > History > African history > General
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LSN: 0-620-59127-7
Barcode: 9780620591270

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