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South Africa''s Resistance Press: Alternative Voices in the Last Generation under Apartheid.

Publication: African Studies Quarterly
Publication Date: 22-MAR-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1012 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: South Africa''s Resistance Press: Alternative Voices in the Last Generation under Apartheid.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
edited by Les Switzer and Mohamed Adhikari, Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2000. 472 pp.

The dissident voices are dead. Dozens of newspapers and magazines were vitally important in bringing about change in apartheid South Africa, but hardly any of them have survived into the post-apartheid era. The collection of articles in this publication focus on the variety of print media that emerged in a struggle against an authoritarian regime, but many of which have since lost their role in contemporary discussions on society and politics.

The texts are weighed towards the description of the politics and the struggle that shaped the fate of the newspapers. They convey vibrant images of the creativity of the media, the journalists and the editors in times of harassment, and as a result, less emphasis is put on argument and analysis. The analysis of the alternative press invites us to focus on the relationship...

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