New books from Tafelberg publishers
The publishing world did not go into complete lockdown over the past few months are there are a number of new books worthwhile reading.
Here is a summary of a few of them.
The Black Girl’s Guide to Corporate South Africa
Author: Lindelwa Skenjana
Publisher: Tafelberg
R 240.00
About this book:
This timely memoir-cum-guide includes the insights of black women at various stages of their career as they navigate the pitfalls of the corporate world.
A performance review of the working world introduced to the young women reveals issues such as racism, sexism, ethnic chauvinism, ageism, and sexual harassment that many encounter with naivety.
When technical expertise and hard work are not the issue, how do black women make the most of their efforts and support each other to success?
In her foreword dr Judy Dlamaini writes: In this book Lindelwa shares pearls of wisdom from the authentic voices of young South African female professionals. Her discussions reveal the perspective of millennials on the intersection of different social identities, especially gender and race.
Just the book to read on Freedom day.
Bloody Sunday: The nun, the Defiance Campaign and South Africa’s secret massacre
Author: Mignonne Breier
Sunday, 9 November 1952.
It should be remembered as a day of infamy in South Africa’s history but few know of a brutal massacre when police opened fire on people at an ANC Youth Leagueorganised event in Duncan Village in East London.
The official death toll was eight people killed by police gunfire and bayonet and two killed in retaliation, including an Irish nun and medical doctor, Sister Aidan Quinlan, who lived and worked in Duncan Village. Today it is believed that between 80 and 200 died that day, most buried quietly by their families, who feared arrest if they sought help at hospitals. In the coverups and long silences that followed, the real facts of this tragedy at the height of the ANC’s Defiance Campaign were almost lost to history.
Bloody Sunday follows the trail of the remarkable Sister Aidan into the heart of a missing chapter in our country’s past – and what was one of the most devastating massacres of the apartheid era.
About the author
Mignonne Breier is a former journalist, lecturer and education researcher who has worked at the University of Cape Town, University of the Western Cape and the Human Sciences Research Council. She is also the author of Letters to My Son, published in 2013.
Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom -Lessons from 100 000 years of human history
Author: Johan Fourie
‘This is the first book to bring Africa in from the margins and place it centrally into the big narratives of world economic history. The subject will never be the same again.’ James Robinson, coauthor of Why Nations Fail
How did Einstein help create Eskom? Why can an Indonesian volcano explain the Great Trek? What do King Zwelethini and Charlemagne have in common?
These are some of the questions Johan Fourie explores in this entertaining, accessible economic history spanning everything from the human migration out of Africa 100 000 years ago to the Covid19 pandemic. Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom is an engaging guide to complex debates about the roots and reasons for prosperity, the march of opportunity versus the crushing boot of exploitation, and why the builders of societies – rather than the burglars – ultimately win out.
Join the author on this enriching journey through an Africancentred history and the story of our long walk towards a brighter future.
About the author
Johan Fourie is Professor of Economics at Stellenbosch University. He is a founding member of the African Economic History Network and president of the Economic History Society of Southern Africa. He has published awardwinning peerreviewed articles and is a regular columnist for local newspapers.
