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Unisa Press The Representation of Children in Contemporary African Fiction
Filled with interesting and original insights, Children in Contemporary African Fiction makes for engrossing reading, both for the general reader and the academic. With a keynote tone at once empathetic and non-sentimental John Kearney explores an impressive number of novels by writers from a variety of African countries.He displays special concern with the experience of family life, school life and religion; different kinds and levels of deprivation; and the exploitative uses of children by adults, among them the use of children as soldiers in harsh conflict situations. He also shows great adroitness and understanding in discussing issues of developing sexuality raised in several of the novels. Despite their variety, a central thread links these works: the authors of the chosen works allow their central characters to be involved in the construction of their own lives (however limited in some cases their degree of agency may be). At the same time, most of these novelists make their focus as realistic as possible, resisting the idealisation of their child characters – or what John Kearney refers to as `sacralisation’.
£30.75
Unisa Press Critical Reasoning and the Art of Argumentation
This revised edition draws on years of lecturing experience and feedback from students — the result is a popular, lively and accessible book which offers an improved and reader-friendly introduction to the art of clear thinking. Developing and applying critical reasoning skills is globally recognised as a basic competency, like reading and writing, and critical thinkers who think for themselves are the key role players in a free and democratic society. This reader features several up-to-date examples from major South African sociopolitical events from the past few years, including the Zuma trial, political conflict, race relations, and xenophobia. Other examples are based on events that took place in the rest of Africa and the world. New exercises are drawn from newspapers, advertisements, political speeches, literary works, and debates about xenophobic violence, crime, the death penalty, abortion, euthanasia, inequality, and health care. Numerous activities lead readers to practise critical reasoning skills. The book is valuable to students of Philosophy but also for those studying Communication Science, Development Studies, Health Care, Law, English Studies, Medical Ethics, Political Science, Psychology and Public Administration.
£18.74
Unisa Press Mulatu Astatke: The Making of Ethio Jazz
Mulatu was the first Ethiopian jazz music-maker to study abroad and thus be exposed to Western musical trends. When he returned to Addis Ababa he pursued his dream of drawing on the musical heritage of his homeland a heritage that has been buffeted by Ethiopia s turbulent history to produce a unique, compelling blend of music: Ethiopian sounds with a twist . In the late 1960 s, his Ethio jazz introduced, among other new ideas, the Afro-Latin soul where he played conga, piano, vibraphone and innovative musical arrangements. These included compositions of popular Ethio jazz music which took on a modern, funk, jazz-infused quality that soon had recording companies knocking at his door.
£34.14
Unisa Press The Road to Democracy in South Africa - Abridged Version Volume 3
Unlike the bulky academic versions of SADET’s Road to Democracy, the Abridged Edition series is much shorter; it is quicker and easier to read. The footnotes, the lengthy quotations, and overwhelmingly intricate detail have been removed. What remains is the stark truth; an outline of how, in a myriad of ways, African states helped the South African struggle for freedom.The names of authors of the Road to Democracy in South Africa Abridged Edition series have been removed from each chapter but theirs is the credit for researching and creating them. SADET acknowledges the sterling work by all these international scholars.This Abridged Editions series should be read by every South African. The hope is that others on the African continent and elsewhere in the world will find much of interest in its pages. After all, the history of the liberation struggle in South Africa is one of Africa’s greatest success stories.
£30.35
Unisa Press Music notation: A South African guide
Music notation: a South African guide presents a new and uniquely South African approach to learning about staff notation - especially for musicians who are educated in the tonic solfa system. As they work through the book, learners build up an understanding of each aspect of notation by experiencing it as music. Tonic solfa is used in the earlier chapters to help learners relate the sounds to the concepts. In addition, the free CD offers 99 music clips played on a keyboard, illustrating some of the examples of notation given in the book. The book is aimed at mature school pupils and adult learners whose first language may not be English. However, it will be useful to students of music from any sector of society, whether they are enrolled in a formal course or want to find out more on their own. Each chapter is devoted to particular aspects of notation. Most of the chapters are built around a piece of music generally familiar to South Africans. Because South Africa has a strong vocal and choral culture, examples are often drawn from the choral repertory. The book and CD include many examples of South African music, as well as samplings of classical western music from all eras, and jazz. Examples and exercises are drawn from this rich representation, and by means of self tests learners steadily become confident in reading and writing music in staff notation. They will also build up a strong knowledge of how music works, by seeing the structures of a wide range of music from diverse cultures in South Africa.
£26.78
Unisa Press Unisa 1873–2018: The Making of a Distance Learning University
Unisa 1873-2018: The making of a distance learning university presents a critical appraisal of Unisa’s transformation as it navigates the unfolding saga of South Africa’s political development. The history of Unisa is fraught with a complex, oft-times ambiguous and contradictory, relationship with the state.This official history of the University of South Africa provides a platform on which future narratives around Unisa can be constructed. As a distinctly colonial institution, Unisa was a site of friction between the colonial powers and nascent captive forces of Afrikaner nationalism and white supremacist ideology. The character of present day Unisa allows for the expression of alternative and dissenting opinions despite its proximity to a constitutionally crafted state in its pursuit of the `African university in service of humanity’. This is highlighted in the motifs of transformation, Africanisation and democratisation explored in the book.Unisa 1873-2018 captures the university’s transitions from an examining body to one that has fully embraced open distance and e-learning, more attuned to student needs. It delineates Unisa’s shift to a more representative and African orientated institution serving the needs of the continent.
£39.28
Unisa Press The road to democracy: International solidarity
The third volume in the series examines the role of anti-apartheid movements around the world. The global anti-apartheid movement was very successful in creating awareness of the liberation struggle in South Africa, and in contributing to the downfall of the apartheid government. This volume, in 2 parts, brings together analyses which in the main are written by activist scholars with deep roots in the movements and organizations they are writing about.
£122.60
