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 acquitted in 1960. During the State of Eme
A Soviet Journey by the South African activist and novelist Alex La Guma (1925–1985) is the longest and most substantive account of the USSR by a writer from sub-Saharan Africa. It is a rare and impor