{"product_id":"fools-other-stories-9780930523206","title":"Fools \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Njabulo Ndebele\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Readers International\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Readers International\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNjabulo Ndebele's prize-winning stories from South Africa's black townships first began appearing in the early 1980s in \u003cem\u003eStaffrider\u003c\/em\u003e, a magazine given out to Soweto's black commuters, many of whom could not afford the fares into work in Johannesburg, and who thus had to \"ride staff\" outside or on top. In 1983 the stories of \u003cem\u003eFools and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e were collected and published, and they won the 1984 NOMA award, Africa's highest literary award. These stories have remained in print ever since, and the author has taken a leading role in developing black culture and education post-\u003cem\u003eapartheid\u003c\/em\u003e. He now heads the Nelson Mandela Foundation. \u003c\/p\u003e Looking back around 2020 at his career, Ndebele noted the key influence of Steve Biko's writing in \u003cem\u003eBlack ViewPoint \u003c\/em\u003eand Biko's work with the 1970s Black Consciousness Movement on the \u003cem\u003eFools \u003c\/em\u003ecollection (Biko was killed in police custody in 1977): \". . . In\u003cem\u003e Fools and Other Stories \u003c\/em\u003eI deliberately explored a world in South African townships without white people in it. The kind of communication Biko envisaged ought to be normal in South Africa today. But it isn't yet where it should be. . . .\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Readers International US edition marks thirty years from the first post-\u003cem\u003eapartheid\u003c\/em\u003e election in South Africa in 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Readers International","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46893156270231,"sku":"9780930523206","price":1610.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780930523206.webp?v=1770314369","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fools-other-stories-9780930523206","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}