Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Travels in South AfricaLittle, Brown, 2000 - 304 pages When Archbishop Desmond Tutu dubbed his native South Africa the "Rainbow Nation," he conjured a vision of ethnic diversity and harmony in a country with eleven official languages, two national anthems, and a parliament that shuttled between two cities. As a foreign correspondent reporting on the last days of apartheid, Gavin Bell thought it was a brave image and wondered how long it would endure. A few years later, he returned to find out what had happened to Tutu's rainbow. In his travels he found a country at odds with itself, swinging between hope and despair, buoyed by a sense of freedom and haunted by a fear of violent crime. Somewhere Over the Rainbow is not only a fine travel book by an award-winning writer, it is a compelling portrait of a country in search of an identity. |
Contents
5 | 40 |
7 | 71 |
8 | 84 |
9 | 98 |
10 | 105 |
1 | 123 |
12 | 136 |
13 | 148 |
16 | 184 |
18 | 203 |
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21 | 252 |
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222 | 274 |
24 | 288 |
Epilogue | 303 |
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