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Somewhere on the Border was written by Anthony Akerman while in exile more than two decades ago. The play was intercepted in the post and banned as a publication by the apartheid censors because the language was considered ‘offensive’ and the portrayal of the South African Armed Forces ‘prejudicial to the safety of the state’. This publication of a one-act version of the play brings the South African Border War back into public discourse and pierces through the armour of silence, secrecy and shame that still surrounds it. The script is complemented by an author’s preface and an afterword by historian Gary Baines, as well as photographs of its 2011 production.

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Preface by Anthony Akerman Somewhere on the Border Afterword by Gary Baines

Somewhere on the Border: A play

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      Publisher: Wits University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/2012
      ISBN13: 9781868145607, 978-1868145607
      ISBN10: 1868145603

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Somewhere on the Border was written by Anthony Akerman while in exile more than two decades ago. The play was intercepted in the post and banned as a publication by the apartheid censors because the language was considered ‘offensive’ and the portrayal of the South African Armed Forces ‘prejudicial to the safety of the state’. This publication of a one-act version of the play brings the South African Border War back into public discourse and pierces through the armour of silence, secrecy and shame that still surrounds it. The script is complemented by an author’s preface and an afterword by historian Gary Baines, as well as photographs of its 2011 production.

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      Preface by Anthony Akerman Somewhere on the Border Afterword by Gary Baines

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