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020			_a9781868 422647 _qPaperback
040			_aRDA _bENGLISH _c3228
082		0	_a355.310968 ROBB
100			_a Robbins, David Johannesburg, 2007 _966040
245		0	_aOn the bridge of goodbye: _bthe story of South Africa's discarded San soldiers _cDavid Robbins.
260			_aJohannesburg : _bJonathan Ball, _c2007.
300			_a229 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates _bColour illusrations, map, portraits _c24 cm
504			_aNot included
520			_aSet 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			_aAdult
651			_2South Africa
654			_2Soldiers—Relocation Angola Namibia South Africa History 1975-2002
655			_bHistory.
690			_2124479274
700			_d1940- _qDavid Robbins, Tripple M Design, Johannesburd
710			_e Jonathan Ball Publishers
942			_cBOOK _2ddc _y559 _zNosiswe Mogale
999			_c261175 _d261174