La Gumas powerful, firsthand account depicts the dedicated South African people who risked their lives in the underground movement against apartheid. The main c

A novel of great sensitivity about people in Cape Town organizing underground opposition to apartheid

Written from Alex La Guma's first-hand experiences in apartheid South Africa, In the Fog of the Seasons' End is a short but powerful novel, unflinching in its d

Of French and Malagasy stock, involved in South African politics from an early age, Alex La Guma was arrested for treason with 155 others in 1956 and finally ac

The life and works of South African writer, political activist and artist, from his early life in District Six, his arrest and trial for treason, to his eventua