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Review: Historicity in Mark Mathabane’s Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youths Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
Pictured is the edition this review is based off of. | Source Mark Mathabane. Kaffir Boy. New York: Free Press, 1986. 354. Mark Mathabane’s autobiographical novel Kaffir Boy breathes life into apartheid; the social movement many have only ever viewed as a...
A Critical Book Review: “Villains of All Nations” by Marcus Rediker
Rediker, Marcus. Villains of All Nations, Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. 240 pp. Marcus Rediker’s Villains of All Nations is undoubtedly an entertaining read for those interested in further...
Review: Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed
The Story of the Villiage of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There Philip Hallie. Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. New York: Harper Perennial, 1979.303pp. Introduction Lest Innocent Blood be Shed by Philip Hallie is the story of “the safest place in Europe” during...
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