Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Ruth First, Paperback / softback Book

Ruth First Paperback / softback

Part of the Voices of liberation series

Paperback / softback

Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks

Description

The struggle to free South Africa from its apartheid shackles was long and complex.

One of the many ways in which the apartheid regime maintained its stranglehold in South Africa was through controlling the freedom of speech and the flow of information, in an effort to silence the voices of those who opposed it.

United by the ideals of freedom and equality, but also nuanced by a wide variety of persuasions, the ‘voices of liberation’ were many: African nationalists, communists, trade-unionists, pan-Africanists, English liberals, human rights activists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims and Jews, to name but a few. The Voices of Liberation series ensures that the debates and values that shaped the liberation movement are not lost.

The series offers a unique combination of biographical information with selections from original speeches and writings in each volume.

By providing access to the thoughts and writings of some of the many men and women who fought for the dismantling of apartheid, this series invites the contemporary reader to engage directly with the rich history of the struggle for democracy. This volume presents a brief biography of Ruth First, followed by a selection of her writings as a political activist, scholar and journalist.

The book presents a timeline summary of significant events in Ruth’s life within the context of major socio-political events of the time.

It concludes with a reflection on her legacy from a current perspective and offers a further reading list.

Information

Other Formats

£19.95

Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information

Also in the Voices of liberation series  |  View all

Samora Machel

£39.95

Add to Basket

Albert Luthuli

£25.95

Add to Basket

Steve Biko

£21.95

Add to Basket

Chris Hani

£21.95

Add to Basket