The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

The Black Sash

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

The Black Sash

By Mary Burton

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

This is the story of a remarkable organization of white South African women who carved out a unique role for themselves in opposing the injustices of apartheid and working towards a free and democratic country. It is written by Mary Burton, herself national president of the Black Sash for many years and, later, one of the Truth and Reconciliation commissioners. What brought the Black Sash into being? What kept it alive for so many decades? How did an organization of mainly white, middle-class, p...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9781431422289

Publisher

Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd

Published year

2015

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Black Sash

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

A Hymn to Life Shame Has to Change Sides

A Hymn to Life Shame Has to Change Sides

Gisèle Pelicot

Abolition

Abolition

Angela Y. Davis

Down Among the Women

Down Among the Women

Fay Weldon

The Sex Lives of African Women Self Discovery, Freedom, and Healing

The Sex Lives of African Women Self Discovery, Freedom, and Healing

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

An Autobiography

An Autobiography

Angela Y. Davis

The Black Jacobins Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

The Black Jacobins Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

C. L. R. James

Wake The Hidden History of Women-led Slave Revolts

Wake The Hidden History of Women-led Slave Revolts

Rebecca Hall

Me and white supremacy

Me and white supremacy

Layla Saad

Me and White Supremacy How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World

Me and White Supremacy How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World

Layla Saad

Reclaiming the Black Past

Reclaiming the Black Past

Pero Gaglo Dagbovie

The prison letters of Nelson Mandela

The prison letters of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Living Politics in South Africa's Urban Shacklands

Living Politics in South Africa's Urban Shacklands

Kerry Ryan Chance

The Lies That Bind

The Lies That Bind

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Women's Activism in Africa

Women's Activism in Africa

Ties that Bind

Ties that Bind

Bridge Over Blood River

Bridge Over Blood River

Kajsa Norman

The History of Blood

The History of Blood

Paul Mendelson

Dark Matters

Dark Matters

Simone Browne

Suffragettes

Suffragettes

Joyce Marlow

Africa's Peacemakers

Africa's Peacemakers

Good morning, Mr. Mandela

Good morning, Mr. Mandela

Zelda La Grange

Under Our Skin A White Family's Journey Through South Africa's Darkest Years

Under Our Skin A White Family's Journey Through South Africa's Darkest Years

Donald McRae

Security governance, policing and local capacity

Security governance, policing and local capacity

Jan Froestad

Endgame Secret Talks and the End of Apartheid

Endgame Secret Talks and the End of Apartheid

W. P. Esterhuyse

The White Lie

The White Lie

Andrea Gillies

Conversations with My Sons and Daughters

Conversations with My Sons and Daughters

Mamphela Ramphele

Home Spaces, Street Styles

Home Spaces, Street Styles

Leslie Banks-Sills

The challenge for Africa

The challenge for Africa

The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World

The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World

Jacqueline Novogratz

South Africa in World History

South Africa in World History

Iris Berger

Southern horrors, women and the politics of rape and lynching

Southern horrors, women and the politics of rape and lynching

Crystal S. Anderson

Country of My Skull

Country of My Skull

Antjie Krog

New History of South Africa

New History of South Africa

Hermann Giliomee

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

Jonathan Kozol

A History of South Africa

A History of South Africa

Leonard Monteath Thompson

bury the chains: the british struggle to abolish slavery

bury the chains: the british struggle to abolish slavery

Adam Hochschild

The Mind of South Africa

The Mind of South Africa

Allister Sparks

The Aftermath

The Aftermath

Meredeth Turshen

The Politics of Memory Truth, Healing and Social Justice

The Politics of Memory Truth, Healing and Social Justice

Ifi Amadiume

What Women Do in Wartime

What Women Do in Wartime

Meredeth Turshen