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OverviewIn 1978, the South African activist and novelist Alex La Guma (1925–1985) published A Soviet Journey, a memoir of his travels in the Soviet Union. Today it stands as one of the longest and most substantive first-hand accounts of the USSR by an African writer. La Guma’s book is consequently a rare and important document of the anti-apartheid struggle and the Cold War period, depicting the Soviet model from an African perspective and the specific meaning it held for those envisioning a future South Africa. For many members of the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party, the Soviet Union represented a political system that had achieved political and economic justice through socialism—a point of view that has since been lost with the collapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold War. This new edition of A Soviet Journey—the first since 1978—restores this vision to the historical record, highlighting how activist-intellectuals like La Guma looked to the Soviet Union as a paradigm of self-determination, decolonization, and postcolonial development. The introduction by Christopher J. Lee discusses these elements of La Guma’s text, in addition to situating La Guma more broadly within the intercontinental spaces of the Black Atlantic and an emergent Third World. Presenting a more expansive view of African literature and its global intellectual engagements, A Soviet Journey will be of interest to readers of African fiction and non-fiction, South African history, postcolonial Cold War studies, and radical political thought. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alex La Guma , Christopher J. Lee , Ngugi wa Thiong’o , Blanche La GumaPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9781498536028ISBN 10: 1498536026 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 18 April 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeword by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Preface by Blanche La Guma Acknowledgements A Note on Edits and Annotations Introduction: Anti-Imperial Eyes Prologue Chapter One: Flashbacks Chapter Two: The Footsteps of Alexander Chapter Three: The Big Sky Chapter Four: The Golden Road Chapter Five: A Giant of Great Promise Chapter Six: Harvest Home EpilogueReviewsThe unique memoirs of an exiled African Communist and acclaimed writer during his travels in the Soviet Union-a fascinating account by a fascinating man. -- Hakim Adi, University of Chichester Author InformationChristopher J. Lee is associate professor of history at Lafayette College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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