My Traitor’s Heart (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Rian Malan
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Autobiography/contemporary political and social history
- Time of Work: The 1950’s to 1980’s
- Setting: South Africa
- Principal Characters: Rian Malan
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Politics, History
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Racism, Murder or homicide, Social issues, Violence, South Africa or South Africans
- Locales: South Africa
There was a telling moment during Nelson Mandela’s conquering-hero tour of the United States in 1990: President Bush, standing together with Mandela on the White House lawn, called on him to follow Dr. Martin Luther King’s example of pursuing change through nonviolent means. Mandela coolly replied that the President did not understand the situation in South Africa. It was a remarkable incident: the leader of black South Africa telling the President of the United States that as far as South Africa was concerned, he did not know what he was talking about. Rian Malan’s compelling and...
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