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The Early Writings of Alex La Guma

Reflections on Cultcha, Identity and Freedom in the 1950s and 1960s
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2025

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As a leader of the South African Coloured People's Organisation and a communist, Alex La Guma was charged with treason, banned, lived under house arrest, and ultimately forced into exile. This collection of his early work as a journalist and short story writer, well before he became a published novelist, provides unique cameos of South African life and politics during the late 1950s and early 1960s, invaluable for the recovery of important aspects of the history of South Africa’s liberation movement. The collection also offers important insight into La Guma's development as a serious writer; many of the themes in his fiction are first encountered in these early articles and stories, providing seminal material for scholars seeking to understand the progression of his work.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Prologue

    v
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    Foreword

    ix
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    Cape Town’s urban griot: A tribute to Alex La Guma

    xviii
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    Photo gallery

    xxvi
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    Introduction

    1
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    Part 1 Theatre of life

    29
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    Part 2 Treason trial

    54
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    Part 3 Jo’burg

    71
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    Part 4 Cape Town

    93
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    Part 5 Cold wars

    153
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    Part 6 The ordinary or garden Nat (ruling-class politics)

    170
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    Part 7 Into exile

    211
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    Acknowledgements

    250
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    Alex La Guma’s writings: A select bibliography

    253
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    Index

    257
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June 1, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9781928246732
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264
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781928246732
eBook ISBN: 9781928246732
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For universities and colleges of further and higher education
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