The Other - without fear, favour or prejudice -
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (986 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003ZYFBFC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 501 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Political correctness is discarded as “inconvenient truths” and “convenient untruths” are thrown up for keen consideration. It is a very unique biography, intriguing, fascinating, keeping the reader enthralled. A “must read” for members of the NAACP of America.. Racism, ethnicity, xenophobia, human rights, systemic corruption, functional integrity, patronage, justice and their subsets such as capital punishment, rape, infanticide, hypocrisy, affirmative action and systemic alienation are brought into focus on account of real life experiences. It includes some hitherto unknown facts of significant historical interest. The book comprises a story, told by a High Court judge, spanning the southern African region during momentous change. It traces the life of a person who starts life in Zimbabwe and later has experience of all the countries in the region. It should be of special interest to historians, academics, social scientists, political analysts, judges, advocates, lawyers, jurists and especially all those who know in their hearts that they are treated as different. There is also notable human drama, especially in the justice system.A plethora of real issues arise. Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia and South Africa, in particular, underwent revolutionary change as their people were liberated from the yoke of oppression. The beauty and magic that is Africa is an ever present ba
Absolutely necessary reading. *Forenote:* I, the reviewer, was not born in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. I grew up there and was forced to serve a year of compulsory military service in Rhodesia. I was assigned a non-combatant role after speaking to fellow soldiers of the real situation of the war, that what "we" were doing was un-Christian. In those days, when I read the Bible and went to Church, having converted two years earlier (converts are more ardent than those born