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In a message dated 9/15/2007 2:14:13 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
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Galleh,
beautiful. I was able to access the other sites and I share this below from
Wasteland press. Thanx men.
_www.wastelandpress.net_ (http://www.wastelandpress.net)
Mandela's Other Children:
The Diary of an African Journalist
by Baba Jallow
ISBN13: 978-1-60047-098-1
ISBN10: 1-60047-098-X
Paperback (6x9): 108 Pgs.
In Mandela’s Other Children, Baba Jallow invokes the intriguing concept of
a Pan-African struggle against oppression. As he narrates his personal
ordeals as a journalist working in an oppressive “shadow state” since 1994, Baba
skillfully comments on some complex issues related to the African condition
that are not readily obvious to the non-African observer. The pages of this
book are littered with chilling accounts of how “orders from above” lead to
arbitrary arrests and detentions, nocturnal arson attacks on media houses, the
promulgation of unjust laws, the murder of prominent citizens, the Soweto-like
massacre of school children holding a peaceful demonstration, and the
forcible closure of radio stations and newspapers critical of the government. But
Mandela’s Other Children is also a story of heroic resistance, stubborn
defiance, and a steely determination to assert and preserve endangered
sovereignties by threatened social entities. This is a truly worthy addition to the
growing corpus of works on the postcolony. Students of comparative journalism
will also find much that is useful in these charged pages.
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