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Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa | 
| Author: Padraig O'malley
Creator: Nelson Mandela
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 602292
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 672
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0140232249
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780140232240
ASIN: 0140232249
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Condition: New copy with pen line (remainder mark) on bottom page block.
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The inside story of South Africas anti-apartheid movement, told through the experiences of its unsung hero
The struggle in South Africa to destroy apartheid was one of the great moral crusades of the last century, and Mac Maharaj played a pivotal role in the liberation movement for nearly four decades. A South African of Indian descent, Maharaj suffered brutal tortures and twelve years of imprisonment on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela. It was Maharaj who smuggled out the manuscript of Mandelas autobiography, and he later served in his government. Based on extensive interviews with Maharaj over the last eleven years and hitherto unavailable documents, Padraig OMalleys vividly rendered tale will enthrall anyone interested in a true story of heroism and the story of a peoples struggle for freedom.
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Real Insights February 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a vitally important book for understanding the transition to democracy in South Africa. O'Malley leaves no stones unturned and while much has been written about South Africa's transformation too few authors have asked the really hard questions and dug up the hard to find facts of what went on behind the scenes. O'Malley does this hard work. In this book readers will find never before published underground communications, look into secret missions, but most importantly understand the physical and emotional pain involved in being a true rebel. No film could equal the real life drama that unfolds in this story. Some of the early pages are a bit slow, but give this book time and you will be rewarded with a unique story of intrigue, violence, revolution, love, change, rise and fall-- and rise again. This is a beautiful and necessary work that should not be missed.
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