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From Sharpville to Rivonia (Paperback)
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From Sharpville to Rivonia (Paperback)
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Loot Price R531
Discovery Miles 5 310
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1959 was the year James Currey arrived in South Africa and found a
nation in crisis. Hopes of change rose and foundered over the next
five years. Letters and vivid conversations capture the excitement
of daily life and political drama. The extra-parliamentary
opposition had used non-violent means of protest since 1952, but on
21 March 1960 the police shot and killed 69 peaceful protesters in
Sharpeville. It was a turning point. In March 1960 some 35,000
Africans protested on Cape Town and the police responded with
further savagery. Shortly after Randolph Vigne, Neville Rubin, Tim
Holmes and James Currey founded The New African a radical review of
politics and the arts. The intense comings and goings of a small
magazine served as effective cover for acts of sabotage. In July
1964 Randolph Vigne appealed to Clare and James to enable him
escape. Clare had no hesitation; 'Randolph and Gillian are our
friends', she said. James used his British passport, to buy a
ticket on a Norwegian freighter so that Vigne could travel to
Montreal. Two days later Clare and James flew out of Johannesburg.
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