Anthony John Moore

Southern Road (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This document is a social history of South Africa from the mid-fifties to the middle seventies, written from the viewpoint of a young English-speaking male living in the predominantly Afrikaans-speaking society. In particular, its a nostalgic meander down the streets of conservative Pretoria and the much more hip Johannesburg, from the perspective of someone who lived in both of these cities during this revolutionary period, while also touching on events that helped shape the history of the world, such as the Vietnam war and the liberalization of the African continent from its former colonial powers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris UK
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781499097009
• Artikelnr.: 52556297

Autorenporträt

Anthony Moore was born in the small town of Wellington in South Africa in 1949. He grew up on a smallholding between Pretoria and Johannesburg, with his parents and three sisters. This was during all those turbulent years leading up to the birth of democracy in South Africa. This coincided with the world-wide sexual revolution and other momentous events over the twenty years from the 1950's through to the 1970's. He has been working in the South African film industry as a cinematographer since 1970. He and his wife, Christel, still live in South Africa and have two children and three grandchildren.