Into That Heaven of Freedom - Keshavjee, Mohamed M
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In this book, the author, a second-generation South African, captures the history of his extended family, beginning 1894, when Jivan Keshavjee arrived as a ?passenger? Indian and established his family in Marabastad, a settlement close to Pretoria, to which they were relegated by the racist legislation of the country. The author describes the early political struggles of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi against the backdrop of life in Marabastad and other racially demarcated enclaves, where many of the Indian leaders of the struggle against apartheid were born and formed. In the 1950s, members of…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
In this book, the author, a second-generation South African, captures the history of his extended family, beginning 1894, when Jivan Keshavjee arrived as a ?passenger? Indian and established his family in Marabastad, a settlement close to Pretoria, to which they were relegated by the racist legislation of the country. The author describes the early political struggles of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi against the backdrop of life in Marabastad and other racially demarcated enclaves, where many of the Indian leaders of the struggle against apartheid were born and formed. In the 1950s, members of his family emigrated to Kenya where they witnessed the Mau Mau insurrection that ultimately led to Kenya's independence. His story captures the subsequent ?wind of change? in Africa, and how the Asian minority had to grapple with new challenges such as the Ugandan expulsion in 1972. His own struggle to reassert his human dignity is described with a tinge of humour and irony as he embarks on his search to find a homeland, which he does in Canada. With 30 pages of historical photographs, a family tree, and a facsimile of Mahatma Gandhi's letter to Velshi Keshavjee in 1939, this unique account is not only a multigenerational family history but also a history of the Indians of Africa over a hundred years.
Autorenporträt
Mohamed M. Keshavjee is a second generation South African of Indian origin. He is a graduate of Queen's University in Canada and attained his LLM and PhD degrees at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn, London. After leaving South Africa in 1962, Keshavjee lived in Kenya where he went to school and later practised law. For the past 30 years, he has lived in France working with the Aga Khan Development Network. He is a specialist in Alternative Dispute Resolution in cross-cultural contexts with a special emphasis on diasporic communities. He is a member of the EU team of International Family Mediators and has travelled extensively throughout the world. At present, he lives in Britain where he lectures at various universities.