{"product_id":"foreign-native-an-african-journey-paperback","title":"Foreign Native: An African Journey - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRw Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eForeign Native\u003c\/em\u003e, RW Johnson looks back with affection and humour on his life in Africa. From schooldays in Durban - fresh off the plane from Merseyside - to later years as an academic, director of the Helen Suzman Foundation and formidable political commentator, he has produced an entertaining and occasionally eye-popping memoir brimming with history, anecdote and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnson charts his evolution from enthusiastic, left-leaning Africanist to political realist, relating episodes that influenced his intellectual worldview, including time spent among the exiled liberation movements in London during the 1960s, a sojourn in newly independent Guinea and more recent forays into Zimbabwe. There are wonderful stories, some hilarious, others filled with pathos, about the multitude of characters - Harold Strachan, Tom Sharpe, Ronnie Kasrils, Helen Suzman, Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, among many others - that he met along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerceptive, critical and full of verve, \u003cem\u003eForeign Native\u003c\/em\u003e is leavened with a deep humanity that makes it a pleasure to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42162371428487,"sku":"9781868427710","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9efb5a33eaed40c9b789a7ec7dd777c5.webp?v=1733288904","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/foreign-native-an-african-journey-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}