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02076nam a2200277Ia 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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3228 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20250825101420.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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210817s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781868 422647 |
| Qualifying information |
Paperback |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
RDA |
| Language of cataloging |
ENGLISH |
| Transcribing agency |
3228 |
| 082 #0 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
355.310968 ROBB |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Robbins, David Johannesburg, 2007 |
| 9 (RLIN) |
66040 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
On the bridge of goodbye: |
| Remainder of title |
the story of South Africa's discarded San soldiers |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
David Robbins. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Johannesburg : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Jonathan Ball, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
229 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates |
| Other physical details |
Colour illusrations, map, portraits |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Not included |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Set against the southern African canvas of war and upheaval is the story of the famous San soldiers who fought first for the Portuguese in Angola, then for South Africa from bases in northern Namibia. When South Africa withdrew to make way for Namibian independence, many of these soldiers and their dependents came to South Africa where, after 13 years in tents, they moved into small houses on the outskirts of Kimberley. Beyond the bare bones of this story, remarkable in itself, lies a process of devastating displacement that has never been fully explored. Angolan and Caprivian communities had been wrenched apart by war, and for many neither reunification nor closure had been possible since the sudden Portuguese evacuation of Africa in the mid-1970s. Author David Robbins travelled with a small group of these discarded San soldiers on a journey into their respective pasts so that he could tell their stories. The result is On the Bridge of Goodbye, a book rich in insight and emotion that culminates deep in the Angolan bush, and also in the very marrow of human loss and endurance. -- Back cover. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE |
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| Target audience note |
Adult |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Source of heading or term |
South Africa |
| 654 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--FACETED TOPICAL TERMS |
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| Source of heading or term |
Soldiers—Relocation Angola Namibia South Africa History 1975-2002 |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Non-focus term |
History. |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
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| Source of heading or term |
124479274 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Dates associated with a name |
1940- |
| Fuller form of name |
David Robbins, Tripple M Design, Johannesburd |
| 710 ## - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Relator term |
Jonathan Ball Publishers |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS |
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| item type |
Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
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559 |
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Nosiswe Mogale |