Khayelitsha

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The gunshots came in rapid succession. There were three of them, followed by screeching tyres and a screaming engine. In a matter of seconds I recalled the conversation I'd had with Mary. She'd been right after all. 'You'll be fine for a few days,' she'd said, 'but after that they'll turn on you. Our cultures are too different. You won't live through it, not just because of the cultural differences, but because of the common crime. Find a home here in the suburbs where you belong.' The three gunshots had been my first, but perhaps for those who'd lived in these streets for years they were only three gunshots among countless others. Who knows? Perhaps three a week, maybe even three a night? Either way, I'd have to get used to them - or leave. Ignoring advice from his white friends, and to the bemusement of his black friends, Steven Otter throws caution to the wind and moves into Khayelitsha, a black township outside Cape Town. The story of his experiences in the uneven spread of shacks and informal housing that are home to more than a million people provides an unusual perspective on and insight into a predominantly Xhosa community and their reaction to an umlungu in their midst. Steven comes to understand his identity as a South African, the true meaning of community and brotherhood, and that some tsotsis are not what they seem. He finds that his preconceived notions of culture and race are called into question and that ubuntu, community and a sense of humour may still thrive alongside poverty and crime.

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Khayelitsha

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The gunshots came in rapid succession there were three of them followed by screeching tyres and a screaming engine in a matter of seconds i recalled the conversation i d had with mary she d been right after all you ll be fine for a few days she d said but after that they ll Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Walk Across The Sun

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A walk across the sun is about cruelty and loss it is about family and survival and ultimately it is about love and the immeasurable strength of the human spirit ahalya ghai and her younger sister sita are as close as sisters can be but when a tsunami rips through their village on india s corom Uiterlijk 3 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Other Side Of Silence

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As a small child in a wintry bremen hanna dreams about the other side of silence the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sun as a small child in a wintry bremen hanna dreams about the other side of silence the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sun Uiterlijk 3 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 07 oktober 2007

Aantal pagina's: 294

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Steven Otter

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Random House South Africa

Editie: illustrated edition, reprint 2010

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 127 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm

Verpakking lengte: 197 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 263 g

EAN: 9780143025474

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