The Seed is Mine: The life of Kas Maine, a South African sharecropper 1894–1985
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A bold and innovative social history, The Seed Is Mine concerns the disenfranchised blacks who did so much to shape the destiny of South Africa. After years of interviews with Kas Maine and his neighbors, employers, friends, and family – a rare triumph of collaborative courage and dedication – Charles van Onselen has recreated the entire life of a man who struggled to maintain his family in a world dedicated to enriching whites and impoverishing blacks, while South Africa was tearing them apart.
Charles van Onselen
CHARLES VAN ONSELEN is the acclaimed author of several books including The Fox and the Flies, Masked Raiders and, most recently, The Cowboy Capitalist. His book, Showdown at the Red Lion, has been opted for an international television drama series based upon the acclaimed title and embellished with characters from Masked Raiders. Van Onselen has been honoured with visiting fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and Oxford. He is currently Research Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria.
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