10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISTRICT SIX»
Discover the use of
District Six in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
District Six and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Buckingham Palace,
District Six: Hauptbd.
This novel tells the story over 15 years of a group of people who lived in a row of houses called Buckingham Palace. Slowly their lives become affected by the Group Areas Act, which designated District Six as a white-only district.
Richard Rive, Albert-Reiner Glaap, 2006
2
"Buckingham Palace", district six
In this lively novel Richard Rive traces this close community through its moments of triumph and despair, its loves, its hatreds - and its bizarre characters.
3
Sala Kahle,
District Six: an African woman's perspective
Nomvuyo Ngcelwane's autobiography is also a description of African family life in the heart of district six, a mixed community situated one mile from the heart of the affluent, white Cape Town. Under apartheid law it was sadly demolished.
4
The house in Tyne Street: childhood memories of
District Six
In the course of 27 short chapters, Linda Fortune draws a vivid picture of a place, time and lifestyle that no longer exist. This book never gets bogged down in politics.
5
A Passion to Liberate: La Guma's South Africa, Images of ...
A literary biography of one of South Africa's most extraordinary and eminent men of letters, Justine Alexander La Guma, better known as Alex La Guma.
6
We Remember
District Six
Growing. up. in. District. Six. l am Vincent Kolbe. l was born in Primrose Street, in
District Six. But this is not my story. lt's the story of my friend, Ziggy Mullins. Ziggy
lived near to me, in number 8A Windsor Street. Ziggy was four years older than ...
Project Literacy, Lisa Thorne, 1996
7
Lost Communities, Living Memories: Remembering Forced ...
Chapter 5 1 . This article was compiled from interviews in the Western Cape Oral
History Project (WCOHP) sound archive, District Six Collection. 2. B. Barrow,
quoted in C. Schoeman, District Six: The Spirit of Kanaladorp (Cape Town, 1994),
p.
8
Narratives of Nation Media, Memory and Representation in the ...
Almost from the very moment of the announcement of District Six's demise, it
came to stand as a symbol of the system that destroyed it - apartheid. As the
current Director of the District Six Museum has said, "The phenomenon of District
Six is ...
Charmaine McEachern, 2002
9
The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes: Explorations in Slumland
The destruction of District Six became one of the central myths of the struggle
against apartheid, shaped and reshaped in verse, novels, reminiscences, videos
and even a musical.2 Memory is a form of mourning, and 'Welcome to Fairyland'
...
Alan Mayne, Tim Murray, 2001
10
Global Perspectives on Football in Africa: Visualising the Game
Remarkably, this volume completely ignores 'Fields of Play' at the District Six
Museum. 45. www.capetownpartnership.co.za/whet-the-appetite-with-soccer-
cnema-in-the-city(acce ssed March 10,2011). 46. District Six Museum Memorial
Text, ...
Susann Baller, Giorgio Miescher, Ciraj Rassool, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISTRICT SIX»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
District Six is used in the context of the following news items.
Post 259 falls, 5-1, at Vestal
Josh Garufi and Collin Neer each went 2-for-3 Wednesday, but Oneonta Post 259 dropped a District Six Division I Legion baseball game, 5-1, ... «Oneonta Daily Star, Jul 15»
Miami's experience raises questions about Tampa toll lanes
As a result of quicker journey times, ridership has risen 32 percent, said Yvette Ruiz-Paz, a spokesman for the department's District Six office in ... «TBO.com, Jul 15»
Senate proposes teacher assistant cuts
Sandy Borders, district six president of the N.C. Association for Teacher Assistants, said she has spent almost 17 years at Shelby Intermediate ... «The Daily Tar Heel, Jul 15»
Nationals eliminate Natchez to advance to the Sub-District …
... night to stay alive in the Dixie Youth Baseball AAA All-Star 10-year-old Sub-District Six Tournament action at Keystone Park in Brookhaven. «Dailyleader, Jul 15»
DYB 12-year-olds experience offensive thrillers
... offensive 11-10 marathon in Dixie Youth 11-and-12-year-old District Six Tournament action at Leroy “Cowboy” Jones Memorial Field in Bude. «Dailyleader, Jul 15»
Join Albie Sachs and Lindsay Johns for the Launch of Alex La Guma …
A proud child of Cape Town's infamous District Six, Alex La Guma (1925 – 1985) is one of South Africa's unsung literary heroes. As a novelist ... «Books LIVE, Jul 15»
Early sockeye returns low near Petersburg, Wrangell
Gillnetters finished up with the third week of fishing on Thursday, July 2nd in district six around the north end of Prince of Wales Island and ... «KFSK, Jul 15»
Lincoln County Americans defeat Nationals in DYB 12-year-old action
... win over their counterparts the Lincoln County Nationals Monday night in the Dixie Youth 11- and-12-year-old District Six Tournament action ... «Dailyleader, Jul 15»
Film-maker to pitch popular work to SABC
An exhibition of the photographs first took place at the District Six Homecoming Centre in January. Since then, the Central Library, Cape Town ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
Former special ed teacher interested in school board seat
McGrath also submitted a letter of endorsement from former District Six school board member Cherie Hammond. Hammond said she became ... «Brentwood Home Page, Jul 15»
