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03527aam a2200361 i 4500 001 A578BA8CFC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240417010124 008 240129s2023 sa ac b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2023457789 020 $a 9781776391066 020 $a 1776391063 035 $a (OCoLC)1395068503 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OI@ $d X$@ $d Z@L $d NX@ $d NDD $d EMU $d P4A $d STF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a f-sa--- 050 00 $a CT1924 $b .B53 2023 082 04 $a 920.068 $2 23 100 1 $a Blackman, M. $q (Matthew), $d 1975- $e author. 245 10 $a Legends : $b people who changed South Africa for the better / $c Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall. 264 1 $a Cape Town, South Africa : $b Penguin Books, $c 2023. 300 $a 357 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "With all our problems, it's easy to feel bleak. But hold those thoughts, because Legends might be just the tonic you need to drive off the gloom. This book tells the stories of a dozen remarkable people - some well known, others largely forgotten - who changed Mzansi for the better. Most South Africans are proud of Nelson Mandela - and rightly so. His life was truly astounding, but he's by no means the only person who should inspire us. There's King Moshoeshoe, whose humanity and diplomatic strategies put him head and shoulders above his contemporaries, both European and African. And John Fairbairn, who brought non-racial democracy to the Cape in 1854. Olive Schreiner was a bestselling international author who fought racism, corruption and chauvinism. And Gandhi spent twenty years here inventing a system of protest that would bring an empire to its knees. Legends also celebrates EugeÌne Marais's startling contributions to literature and natural history (despite a lifelong morphine addiction); Sol Plaatje's wit, intelligence and tenacity in the face of racial zealots; Cissie Gool's lifetime fighting for justice and exposing bigots; and Sailor Malan's battles against fascists in the skies of Europe and on the streets of South Africa. And then there's Miriam Makeba, who began her life in prison and ended it as an international singing sensation; Steve Biko, who shifted the minds of an entire generation; and Thuli Madonsela (the book's only living legend), who gracefully felled the most powerful man in the land." --Cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Moshoeshoe magic of the mountain king: 1786-1870 -- John Fairbairn bringing fairness to the fairest Cape: 1794-1864 -- Olive Schreiner, the categorical imperative in petticoats: 1855-1920 -- Mohandas Ghandi making of the Mahatma: 1869-1948 -- EugeÌne Marais a worker in a science then unborn': 1871-1936 -- Sol Plaatje the mixed and gentle elements: 1876-1932 -- Cissie Gool the Joan of Arc of District Six: 1897-1963 -- Sailor Malan fighting Nazis ... and Nats: 1910-1963 -- Nelson Mandela: the last great man?: 1918-2013 -- Mirriam Makeba high notes amid low times: 1932-2008 -- Steve Biko the consciousness of a prophet: 1946-1977 -- Thuli Madonsela 'the embodiment of a biblical David': 1962-. 650 0 $a Heroes $z South Africa $v Biography. 651 0 $a South Africa $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000519 700 1 $a Dall, Nick, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240417025229.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A578BA8CFC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search