Tested by Fire

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ISBN 978-1-998959-10-5 (Print) | R315.00

ISBN 978-1-998959-11-2 (eBook) | R252.00

Abstract: 

Tested by Fire is the first biography of Neville Alexander, scholar, activist, and one of South Africa's most significant intellectual figures. Drawing on decades of close personal access, author Doreen Musson traces Alexander's journey from his formative years in the Eastern Cape, through his political awakening in Cape Town and time on Robben Island, to his enduring legacy as a Marxist thinker and champion of Indigenous languages. Intimate yet scholarly, this vivid biography explores his fearless defiance of racial capitalism, his theoretical contributions to the national question in South Africa, and his role in the mass struggles of the 1980s, ensuring that future generations can know him and learn from him.