Bring Me My Machine Gun : The Battle for the Soul of South Africa, from Mandela to Zuma EPUB
by Alec Russell
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Award-winning journalist Alec Russell was in South Africa to witness the fall of apartheid and the remarkable reconciliation of Nelson Mandelas rule; and returned in 2007-2008 to see Mandelas successor, Thabo Mbeki, fritter away the countrys reputation. South Africa is now perched on a precipice, as it prepares to elect Jacob Zuma as presidentsignaling a potential slide back to the bad old days of post-colonial African leadership, and disaster for a country that was once the beacon of the continent.
Drawing on his long relationships with all the key senior figures including Mandela, Mbeki, Desmond Tutu, and Zuma, and a host of South Africans he has known over the yearsincluding former activists turned billionaires and reactionary BoersAlec Russells Bring Me My Machine Gun is a beautifully told and expertly researched account of South Africas great tragedy: the tragedy of hope unfulfilled.
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- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:PublicAffairs
- Publication Date:14/04/2009
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- ISBN:9780786741472
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:PublicAffairs
- Publication Date:14/04/2009
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- ISBN:9780786741472