Apartheid and the Making of a Black Psychologist : a memoir / by N. Chabani Manganyi.
"This intriguing memoir details in a quiet and restrained manner what it meant to be a committed black intellectual activist during the apartheid years and beyond. Few autobiographies exploring the 'life of the mind' and the 'history of ideas' have come out of South Africa, and N Chabani Manganyi's reflections on a life engaged with ideas, the psychological and philosophical workings of the mind and the act of writing are a refreshing addition to the genre of life writing. Starting with his rural upbringing in Mavambe in Limpopo province in the 1940s, Manganyi's life story unfolds at a gentle pace, tracing the twists and turns of his journey from humble beginnings to Yale University in the USA. The author details his work as a clinical practitioner and researcher, as a biographer, as an expert witness in defence of opponents of the apartheid regime and, finally, as a leading educationist in Mandela's Cabinet and in the South African academy. Apartheid and the Making of a Black Psychologist is a book about relationships and the fruits of intellectual and creative labour. In it, Manganyi describes how he used his skills as a clinical psychologist to explore lives both those of the subjects of his biographies and those of the accused for whom he testified in mitigation; his aim always to find a higher purpose and a higher self."--Publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781868148653
- ISBN: 1868148653
- ISBN: 9781868148639
- ISBN: 1868148637
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (210 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- Publisher: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2016.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Chapter 1. Early Days in Mavambe -- Chapter 2. Baragwanath Hospital and Beyond -- Chapter 3. A Place Called Umtata -- Chapter 4. Curiosity Did Not Kill This Cat -- Chapter 5. In the Soup : Courtrooms and Witnessing -- Chapter 6. The Psychology of Crowds -- Chapter 7. Justice and the Comrades -- Chapter 8. Working for a Higher Purpose. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Manganyi, N. C. Manganyi, N. C. Apartheid > South Africa. College teachers > South Africa > Biography. Psychologists > South Africa > Biography. |
Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. Biographies. |