{"product_id":"foreign-native-rw-johnson-9781868427710","title":"Foreign Native: An African Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eForeign Native\u003c\/em\u003e, RW Johnson looks back with affection and humour on his life in Africa. From schooldays in Durban - fresh off the plane from Merseyside - to later years as an academic, director of the Helen Suzman Foundation and formidable political commentator, he has produced an entertaining and occasionally eye-popping memoir brimming with history, anecdote and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnson charts his evolution from enthusiastic, left-leaning Africanist to political realist, relating episodes that influenced his intellectual worldview, including time spent among the exiled liberation movements in London during the 1960s, a sojourn in newly independent Guinea and more recent forays into Zimbabwe. There are wonderful stories, some hilarious, others filled with pathos, about the multitude of characters - Harold Strachan, Tom Sharpe, Ronnie Kasrils, Helen Suzman, Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, among many others - that he met along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerceptive, critical and full of verve, \u003cem\u003eForeign Native\u003c\/em\u003e is leavened with a deep humanity that makes it a pleasure to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rw Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1868427714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781868427710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Ball Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Rw Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990933700863,"sku":"9781868427710","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8634629-5c87-493f-824f-0b933647a2b8.jpg?v=1683307504","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foreign-native-rw-johnson-9781868427710","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}