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A Life for Africa: The Story of Bram Fischer
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| Naomi Mitchison |
| ISBN 9781849212144 |
| SERIES The Naomi Mitchison Library |
| Paperback 132 pages |
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| Published 30 July 2021
UK Price £12.99
US Price $17.50 |
Naomi Mitchison's account of the life and work of the Afrikaner lawyer and political activist Bram Fischer (1908-1975) was first published in 1973, two years before his death.
She writes from the perspective of her own experience - gained during regular visits and a commitment to Southern Africa, particularly Botswana, from the 1960s onwards - to present the key elements and actors in the story of the country and the peoples of South Africa.
Above all, of Bram Fischer, who gave up a life of privilege to oppose, professionally and underground, the Government's 'monstrous policy' of apartheid.
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Naomi Mitchison [1897-1999] was a literary phenomenon. Tireless in her writing, unafraid and often highly unconventional in her opinions, she left an extraordinary legacy.
Her novels for adults and children stressed at different times her deep interest in Scottish and African societies, as well her concerns for the future.
She also travelled widely, wrote poetry and plays, memoirs, a war diary, book reviews, political articles, and many letters.
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