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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
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Medical Apartheid

By Harriet A. Washington ,

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Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
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Playing the Enemy

By John Carlin ,

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Helen Suzman: Bright Star in a Dark Chamber
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Helen Suzman

By Robin Renwick ,

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Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
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Kaffir Boy

By Mark Mathabane ,

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The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, A South African Sharecropper
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The Seed Is Mine

By Charles Van Onselen ,

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White Tribe Dreaming: Apartheid's Bitter Roots Witnessed By Eight Generations Of An Afrikaner Family
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White Tribe Dreaming

By Marq de Villiers ,

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The Night Trains: Moving Mozambican Miners to and from the Witwatersrand Mines, 1902-1955
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The Night Trains

By Charles Van Onselen ,

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How Long Will South Africa Survive?: The Looming Crisis
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How Long Will South Africa Survive?

By R.W. Johnson ,

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The Fate of Africa: A History of the Continent Since Independence
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The Fate of Africa

By Martin Meredith ,

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Venture To The Interior
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Venture To The Interior

By Laurens van der Post ,

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Runaway Comrade
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Runaway Comrade

By Bob de la Motte ,

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Cannabis: Global Histories
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Cannabis

By Lucas Richert (editor) , Jim Mills (editor) ,

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Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White
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Move Your Shadow

By Joseph Lelyveld ,

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Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism
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Citizen and Subject

By Mahmood Mamdani , Mahmood Mamdani ,

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A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela's Hope for His Nation
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A Plan for the People

By Lindsey McDivitt , Charly Palmer (illustrator) ,

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Apartheid of Sex: A Manifesto on the Freedom of Gender
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Apartheid of Sex

By Martine Rothblatt ,

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At Home with Apartheid: The Hidden Landscapes of Domestic Service in Johannesburg
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At Home with Apartheid

By Rebecca Ginsburg ,

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The Zebra Affaire: An Apartheid Saga
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The Zebra Affaire

By Mark Fine ,

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Anyone But England: Cricket and the National Malaise
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Anyone But England

By Mike Marqusee ,

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Boyhood
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Boyhood

By J. M. Coetzee ,

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A Sin of Omission
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A Sin of Omission

By Marguerite Poland ,

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Poli Poli
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Poli Poli

By Barbara Masekela ,

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Things I Wish I'd Known Before Going to Japan
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Things I Wish I'd Known Before Going to Japan

By Ken Fukuyama , Yuki Fukuyama ,

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Militarized Global Apartheid
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Militarized Global Apartheid

By Catherine Besteman ,

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The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
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The Alchemy of Us

By Ainissa Ramirez ,

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The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity
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The Most Southern Place on Earth

By James C. Cobb ,

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My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience
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My Traitor's Heart

By Rian Malan ,

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I Write What I Like
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I Write What I Like

By Steve Biko ,

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