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The Cape Town Book: A Guide to the City's History, People and Places

by Nechama Brodie
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781920545987
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
  • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Random House South Africa
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 328
  • Original Price: GBP 27.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1234 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

The Cape Town book presents a fresh picture of the Mother City, one that brings together all its stories. From geology and beaches to forced removals and hip-hop, Nechama Brodie, author of the best-selling The Joburg book, has delved deeply into the hidden past of Cape Town to emerge with a lucid and compelling account of South Africa's first city, its landscape and its people. The book's 14 chapters trace the origins and expansion of Cape Town - from the City Bowl to the southern and coastal suburbs, the vast expanse of the Cape Flats and the sprawling northern areas. Offering a nuanced, yet balanced, perspective on Cape Town, the book includes familiar attractions like Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch and the Company's Garden, while also giving a voice to marginalised communities in areas such as Athlone, Langa, Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha. Many of the images in the book have never been published before, and are drawn from the archives of museums, universities and public institutions. This beautifully illustrated, information-rich book is the definitive portrait of the wind-blown, contradictory city at the southern tip of Africa that more than three million people call home.

In a career spanning nearly two decades, Nechama Brodie has worked as a journalist, magazine editor, publisher and talk-show host, and is the editor and co-author of the best-selling The Joburg book and Inside Joburg. She is currently completing her MA in journalism, and is head of Training, research and information at Africa check, an independent fact-checking agency.

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