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Sarah Ruden
Sarah Ruden is a freelance writer living near Cape Town, South Africa.
Disgrace, by J. M. Coetzee
In this novel, perhaps his masterpiece, J. M. Coetzee emerges as the most old-fashioned kind of literary genius: a person whose strong imagination is guided by firm and deeply held beliefs....
August 15, 2000
Harsh politics, extravagant forgiveness: No Future Without Forgiveness.ByDesmond Mpilo Tutu.Doubleday, 244 pp., $22.95.
No Future Without Forgiveness, by Desmond Mpilo Tut...
July 5, 2000
What happened to Allan Boesak? Corruption in South Africa: corruption in south africa
When Allan Boesak entered Pollsmoor prison last month, even some of the prison guards demonstrated on his behalf....
June 21, 2000
AIDS in South Africa: Why the churches matter: A "realistic" sexual morality
South Africa has the world’s second largest AIDS epidemic (in gross numbers). Its neighbor, Zimbabwe, ranks first....
May 17, 2000
Sub-Saharan scourge: sidebar
The aids epidemic is so widespread in some countries that U.S....
May 17, 2000
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