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On Record

Music and society in recorded popular Afrikaans music records, 1900-2015

By: Schalk van der Merwe

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On Record

Music and society in recorded popular Afrikaans music records, 1900-2015

By: Schalk van der Merwe

Popular Afrikaans music artists have done well in post-apartheid South Africa and enjoy the enthusiastic support of loyal fans. This support is fuelled by a complex set of emotions linked to "e;being Afrikaans"e; in a culturally pluralistic society. In On Record, van der Merwe investigates the interplay between popular music and the unfolding of Afrikaans culture politics from the start of the twentieth century to the present. It includes a search for the earliest recorded Afrikaans songs and documents subsequent phases of music development that reflect the agency of ordinary individuals - artists and listeners - against a background of fundamental societal and political change. It regards both the music mainstream and the alternative, and reveals, among other things, historical cases of compliance and resistance regarding the master narrative of Afrikaner nationalist ideology, the attempts by cultural entrepreneurs to establish authority over popular Afrikaans culture, class tension, lasting racial exclusivity, protest and censorship, and the post-apartheid invocation of Afrikaner nostalgia and white victimhood. Ultimately, On Record provides an uninterrupted account, and a critique, of the entire history of recorded popular Afrikaans music up to the present.

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194

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AFRICAN SUN MeDIA

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ISBN 10

1928357121

ISBN 13

9781928357124

Just a Moment

A Memoir

By: Schalk Burger Snr,Michael Vlismas

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Just a Moment

A Memoir

By: Schalk Burger Snr,Michael Vlismas

It was never my dream to become a Springbok rugby player. I wanted to become a designer of Formula 1 racing cars.' In Just a Moment, Schalk Burger Snr, one of the greats of South African rugby, shares the many layers of his colourful and eventful life. Rugby legend and businessman, wine farmer, cultural custodian, musician, father and grandfather, Schalk Burger takes us on an intensely personal and honest journey through the triumphs and hardships that have shaped the life of this much-loved South African. Burger is a storyteller extraordinaire and will have you snorting into your beer as you read about run-ins with officialdom, fisticuffs on the field, how he became the first white Springbok selected from a coloured team, and the day Cheeky Watson asked to wash his feet. This is a glimpse into the life and times of one of the country's most recognised figures, told through the stories of the many lives that have intersected with his. 'Who am I, and how do I live? That is something this story will bring out of me.

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280

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Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1776190858

ISBN 13

9781776190850

Contract

General Principles

By: Schalk Van der Merwe

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Contract

General Principles

By: Schalk Van der Merwe

Contains an exposition of the general principles of the South African law of contract, as far as both its application by the courts and its theoretical structure and explanation are concerned.

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418

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Gaunt

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0702129518

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9780702129513

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