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Bezig met laden... Bandiet: Seven Years in a South African Prisondoor Hugh Lewin
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. There are a number of memoirs of political imprisonment that came out of South Africa during the apartheid era. Interestingly, relatively few of these have been written by African convicts who were at Robben Island. For reasons I find hard to articulate, Lewin's is my favorite. Perhaps it's the simplicity and ordinariness of his perspective: he isn't trying to defend a literary reputation or cast about for grand meanings. It's a very straightforward memoir, but with great power in its reserved tone and the stark images of South Africa's prisons that it offers. ( ) Lewin, the son of an Anglican priest, clashed with the authorities in South Africa from his student days onward. When he was 21 his passport was withdrawn, and when he was 24 he was arrested under the 90-day Law, he served seven years in prison. Whilst inside he gained two more degrees, and eventually when he was released he left South Africa for exile in the UK. These memoirs serve as a valuable historical document of those times. They are written in a simple style, without self-pity or rancour. They are not a cheerful read. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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In 1964, the security police in Johannesburg detained Hugh Lewin. He was later tried and convicted on changes of sabotage. He spent seven years in prison, secretly recording his expriences, and those of his fellow inmates, on the pages of his Bible. On release, rather then submit to 24-hour arrest, he left South Africa on a one-way visa. Bandiet out of jail contains the original text of Bandiet, together with poetry and pieces written both in exile and since Lewin's return to SA. The work includes accounts of the political prisoners that could not be mentioned in the first book: the story of the death of Bram Fischer and reflections on the attainment of democracy under Mandela the Rain King. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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