Research Catalog

Title

Ad & Wal : values, duty, sacrifice in apartheid South Africa / Peter Hain.

Author

Hain, Peter, 1950-

Publication

London : Biteback Publishing, 2014.

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Details

Description

xxi, 355 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

• What would you do if you lived under the ugliest of regimes, a byword for repression and injustice? What would you do if you knew that you could stay safe only if you stayed quiet? Most of us like to think we'd stand up to fight against evil, and yet the vast majority of white South Africans either stood by and said nothing or actively participated in the oppression and carnage during apartheid. 'Ad and Wal' is the story of two average people who became heroes, two survivors who did what they thought was right, two parents who rebelled against the apartheid regime knowing they were putting themselves in grave danger. It is the story of an ordinary couple who did extraordinary things despite the odds. How did they come to their decision? What exactly did they do? What can we learn from their tale?
• History of Southern Africa, Republic of South Africa.

Alternative Title

Ad and Wal

Subjects

• Hain, Walter, 1924-
• Apartheid > South Africa
• Anti-apartheid activists > South Africa > Biography
• Hain, Adelaine, 1927-
• South Africa > Politics and government > 1948-1994

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Soldier -- 2.Settler -- 3.Political Awakening -- 4.Into Activism -- 5.Prisoners -- 6.Banned -- 7.The Hanging -- 8.Departure -- 9.Exile.

Call Number

Sc D 14-562

ISBN

• 9781849546430 (cloth)
• 1849546436 (cloth)

LCCN

2013487482

OCLC

869186478

Author

Hain, Peter, 1950- author.

Title

Ad & Wal : values, duty, sacrifice in apartheid South Africa / Peter Hain.

Publisher

London : Biteback Publishing, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Research Call Number

Sc D 14-562