Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island - Paperback
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Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island - Paperback
$19.00
by Ashwin Desai (Author)
"Somehow, Shakespeare always seems to have something to say to us." --Nelson Mandela
The prison authorities on apartheid South Africa's Robben Island strictly censored the reading materials inmates received from the outside world. Yet, the prisoners cleverly managed to smuggle political literature disguised as religious texts, into their communal cells. The works of Shakespeare resonated deepest amongst the inmates for their anti-colonial and anti-apartheid inspirations, as much as for the power and beauty of their words. Through the memories and biographical accounts written by former political inmates including Nelson Mandela, Reading Revolution evocatively depicts the power of these great works. We see how words can inspire the human spirit, light up the intellect, and free the reader to travel the world. The book, with nearly fifty pages of four-color illustrations, ignites once more, a reading revolution, to stir up the imagination in a South Africa whose democratic transition seeks to consolidate power from above, while being increasingly contested by insurgent protest from below.Author Biography
Ashwin Desai is a professor of sociology at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is a newspaper columnist. He is the author of Arise Ye Coolies and South Africa: Still Revolting and We Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa.
Number of Pages: 144
Dimensions: 0.4 x 8.6 x 9.8 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 14, 2014
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