Cape Town: A Place Between

Cape Town: A Place Between
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Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages : 107
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ISBN-10 : 9781946395283
ISBN-13 : 1946395285
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Book Synopsis Cape Town: A Place Between by : Henry Trotter

Download or read book Cape Town: A Place Between written by Henry Trotter and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cape Town is a place between two oceans, between first and third worlds, between east and west. The majority of its citizens: a people between black and white, native and settler, African and European. How can we understand a city that is most assuredly in Africa, though not””seemingly””of it? By exploring this city’s tween-ness, we can begin to understand the soul of this town””haunted by its past, unsure of its future. A short book just over 100 pages, it allows readers to quickly identify the unique pulse of the city, its throbbing historical, social, cultural and political beat that underlies the transactions between all Capetonians. This is not a substitute for a traditional guidebook, but a perfect companion to one, filling in the intimate details that other books leave out.


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