A working life, cruel beyond belief
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2017
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-928232-31-5 (ISBN)
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-928232-31-5 (ISBN)
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An innovative attempt to draw on the oral poetry developed among the Nguni people over many centuries. Alfred Temba Qabula was a forklift driver in the Dunlop tyre factory in Durban at the time this book was developed. He used the art of telling stories to critique the exploitation of black workers and their oppression under apartheid.
It is a great privilege to launch our series with A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief, by Alfred Temba Qabula, with a new Foreword by the original translator, BE Nzimande. Qabula was a central figure in the cultural movement among working people that emerged in and around Durban in the 1980s. It was an innovative attempt to draw on the oral poetry developed among the Nguni people over many centuries. Alfred Temba Qabula was a forklift driver in the Dunlop tyre factory in Durban at the time this book was developed. He used the art of telling stories to critique the exploitation of black workers and their oppression under apartheid.
It is a great privilege to launch our series with A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief, by Alfred Temba Qabula, with a new Foreword by the original translator, BE Nzimande. Qabula was a central figure in the cultural movement among working people that emerged in and around Durban in the 1980s. It was an innovative attempt to draw on the oral poetry developed among the Nguni people over many centuries. Alfred Temba Qabula was a forklift driver in the Dunlop tyre factory in Durban at the time this book was developed. He used the art of telling stories to critique the exploitation of black workers and their oppression under apartheid.
Karin Pampallis is the Hidden Voices Program Manager. She is currently a researcher at the Society Work and Development Institute, WITS. Edward Webster is the Hidden Voices Program Director. Edward Webster is Professor Emeritus in the Society, Work and Development Institute (SWOP), at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and director of the Chris Hani Institute in Cosatu House.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.02.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The hidden voices series |
| Verlagsort | Johannesburg |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-928232-31-0 / 1928232310 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-928232-31-5 / 9781928232315 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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