The life, times, and memories of Joe Rassool. The book takes us back to the late 19th century Cape Colony to the early 1950s covering the family history or the Gools, Rassools, and Abdurahmans.
The context is Cape Town, South Africa of the 1930s as seen through the pre-teen eyes of the author, Yousuf ‘Joe’ Rassool when ‘life was one interminable summer’. No. 7 Buitencingle Street, the unoccupied and shuttered ancestral family home of the Gools, is opened to their relatives, the Rassools, as temporary accommodation. The house, now run down, spoke of a former grandeur, of lost nobility and wealth. It was once the venue of dignitaries, politicians, and intellectuals including MK Gandhi.
...The second part covers the Unity Movement - its progress and its setbacks.
The event speakers will include:
Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie (keynote speaker)
Refreshments will be provided.
Books will be on sale.
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