Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa

by Padraig O'Malley

Book Overview

The inside story of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, told through the experiences of its unsung hero written by Padraig O'Malley, the subject of the new acclaimed documentary The Peacemaker. The struggle in South Africa to destroy apartheid was one of the great moral crusades of the last century, and Mac Maharaj played a pivotal role in the liberation movement for nearly four decades. A South African of Indian descent, Maharaj suffered brutal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140232249
• ISBN13: 9780140232240
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

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This is a vitally important book for understanding the transition to democracy in South Africa. O'Malley leaves no stones unturned and while much has been written about South Africa's transformation too few authors have asked the really hard questions and dug up the hard to find facts of what went on behind the scenes. O'Malley does this hard work. In this book readers will find never before published underground communications, look into secret missions, but most importantly understand the physical and emotional pain involved in being a true rebel. No film could equal the real life drama that unfolds in this story. Some of the early pages are a bit slow, but give this book time and you will be rewarded with a unique story of intrigue, violence, revolution, love, change, rise and fall-- and rise again. This is a beautiful and necessary work that should not be missed.