'Honorary White': A Visit To South Africa by Edward Ricardo Braithwaite

As a black man living in a white-dominated world, author E. R. Braithwaite was painfully aware of the multitude of injustices suffered by people of color and he wrote powerfully and poignantly about racial discrimination in his acclaimed novels and nonfiction works. So it came as a complete surprise when, in 1973, the longstanding ban on his books was lifted by the South African government, a ruling body of minority whites that brutally oppressed the black majority through apartheid laws. Applying for a visa—and secretly hoping to be refused—he was granted the official status of "Honorary White" for the length of his stay. As such, Braithwaite would be afforded some of the freedoms that South Africa's black population was denied, yet would nonetheless be considered inferior by the white establishment.

Publisher:	New English Library
Year:	1977
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780450031168
Condition:	Fair
Description:	Foxed; '10' written on cover.

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SKU: 1580919
Location: Politics