Soviet Journey - A Critical Annotated Edition

A Soviet Journey by the South African activist and novelist Alex La Guma (1925-1985) is one of the longest and most substantive accounts of the USSR by an African writer. It is a rare and important document of the antiapartheid struggle and the cold war period.

List of contents

Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Preface by Blanche La Guma
Acknowledgements
A Note on Edits and Annotations
Introduction: Anti-Imperial Eyes
Prologue
Chapter One: Flashbacks
Chapter Two: The Footsteps of Alexander
Chapter Three: The Big Sky
Chapter Four: The Golden Road
Chapter Five: A Giant of Great Promise
Chapter Six: Harvest Home
Epilogue

About the author

Christopher J. Lee is associate professor of history at Lafayette College.

Summary

A Soviet Journey by the South African activist and novelist Alex La Guma (1925–1985) is one of the longest and most substantive accounts of the USSR by an African writer. It is a rare and important document of the antiapartheid struggle and the cold war period.

Additional text

Who knew that novelist Alex La Guma also penned one of the greatest traveler’s accounts of the last century? Set in the 1970s, A Soviet Journey captures a forgotten moment of radical possibility, when Third World guerrillas prepared to inherit the earth, when nationalists were internationalists, when the USSR backed global anti-imperialist struggles. With a prodigious introductory essay by Christopher Lee, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the global Left.

Product details

• Authors: Guma Alex La, La Guma, Alex La Guma, Thionga'o, THIONGâ'O
• Assisted by: Christopher J. Lee (Editor), Lee Christopher J. (Editor), Blanche La Guma (Foreword), La Guma Blanche (Foreword), Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781498536042
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3604-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Critical Africana Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Africa / South / General, Southern Africa, African History, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity