Begging to be black
Krog, Antjie
Begging to be black / Antjie Krog - Cape Town, South Africa : Random House Struik , 2009. - x, 291 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-291).
"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.
9781770220706
2010365472
Krog, Antjie
Social change
Group identity----South Africa
South Africa
DT1757 / .K74 2009
968.092 KRO
Begging to be black / Antjie Krog - Cape Town, South Africa : Random House Struik , 2009. - x, 291 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-291).
"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.
9781770220706
2010365472
Krog, Antjie
Social change
Group identity----South Africa
South Africa
DT1757 / .K74 2009
968.092 KRO
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