The Unbreakable Thread: Non-Racialism in South Africa

(London: Zed Books, 1990) 086232971X. 232 x 152 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. x + 294, incl. index; photographs and monochrome illustrations. Wrappers very slightly rubbed. Very good condition. "The demand for a non-racial democracy is the common ground that unites the widest range of forces for change in South Africa today. Frederikse likens the advocacy of non-racialism to an unbreakable thread running through the history of the liberation struggle; though wearing thin at times, it has been ever-present and so strongly reinforced since the 1976 Soweto uprising as to eclipse all rival trends. Based on five years of research, Frederikse weaves into her narrative excerpts from her interviews, documents of popular organisations, speeches and freedom songs. With 75 photographs and graphics, this is a brilliant work of scholarship, highly accessible and suitable for teaching at university and school level." .