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    Thoughts on the New South Africa

    By Neville Alexander

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    Thoughts on the New South Africa is a collection of essays whichAlexander brought together just before his death. It reflects on themain issues that preoccupied him throughout his life and sheds lighton South African society today. The three main issues included the fundamental necessity for SouthAfricans to move away from race consciousness and think along thelines of far more real and relevant categories of class, gender andlanguage; the importance of children learning to read, write andthink in their own mother tongue while understanding the need formastery in an international langue; and the struggle for a socialistworld of justice and equality for all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJacana Media
    Release dateJun 1, 2013
    ISBN9781431405886
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    Neville Alexander

    Neville Alexander was a revolutionary scholar, educator and activist in the struggles against Apartheid and in post-Apartheid South Africa. He spent ten years (1964-74) as a political prisoner on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and others before emerging as one of South Africa's foremost public intellectuals. His writings are a key reference point for understanding some of the most important debates in that country over the past half-century.

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