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001 2010365472
003 DLC
005 20100721073028.0
008 100126s2009 sa b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2010365472
040 $aDLC$cDLC
020 $a9781770220706 (pbk.)
020 $a1770220704 (pbk.)
050 00 $aDT1757$b.K74 2009
100 1 $aKrog, Antjie.
245 10 $aBegging to be black /$cAntjie Krog.
260 $aCape Town, South Africa :$bRandom House Struik,$c2009.
300 $ax, 291 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-291).
520 $a"In 1992, a gang leader was shot dead by an ANC member in Kroonstad. The murder weapon was then hidden on Antjie Krog's stoep. In Begging to Be Black, Krog begins by exploring her position in this controversial case. From there the book ranges widely in scope, both in time - reaching back to the days of Basotho king Moshoeshoe - and in space, as we follow Krog's experiences as a research fellow in Berlin, far from the Africa that produced her. Begging to Be Black is a book of journeys - moral, historical, philosophical and geographical. These form strands that Krog interweaves and sets in conversation with each other, as she explores questions of change and becoming, coherency and connectedness, before drawing them closer together as the book approaches its powerful end. Experimental and courageous, Begging to Be Black is a welcome addition to Krog's own oeuvre and to South African literary non-fiction"--Book jacket.
600 10 $aKrog, Antjie.
650 0 $aSocial change$zSouth Africa.
650 0 $aGroup identity$zSouth Africa.
651 0 $aSouth Africa$xEthnic relations.
651 0 $aSouth Africa