The Drum Decade: Stories from the 1950's (Paperback)

~ Michael Chapman (Editor)

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Presents the "Drum Magazine" which features stories of the 1950s, in which black writers pitted an urbane, ironic, tough city style - that of the jazz musician, the journalist, the tsotsi - against the obsessions of apartheid.

Product Details

• Paperback: 241 pages
• Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press; 2 edition (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0869809857
• ISBN-13: 978-0869809853
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,235,060 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fresh, vivid, unique, and exciting to read, May 6, 2002

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Deftly edited by Michael Chapman and enhanced with an introduction by John Matshikiza, The Drum Decade: Stories From The 1950s is an anthology of original stories of South African life chosen from the pages of Drum magazine. Originally published in the 1950s, these literary stories are written by black writers in a gritty and hardy city style that has endured for decades and celebrates cherished freedom. Fresh, vivid, unique, and exciting to read, The Drum Decade is a superior anthology embracing the cultural history of a nation and highly recommended reading for South African Studies supplemental reading and academic reference collections.