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Mark Gevisser Mark Gevisser is one of South Africa’s leading journalists. His latest book, “A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream is published by Palgrave Macmillan in the USA and UK, and by Jonathan Ball in South Africa under the title, Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred. The book won the Sunday Times 2008 Alan Paton Prize and the NB Books 2008 Recht Malan Prize. The book has been lauded by the Times Literary Supplement as “probably the finest piece of non-fiction to come out of South Africa since the end of apartheid” and by the BBC’s Fergal Keane as “the indispensable and definitive account of post-apartheid South Africa.” Mark is currently writer-in-residence, University of Pretoria, where he teaches in the journalism programme. Read more...	Recent writing Here is a selection of articles Mark has recently written about the World Cup 2010: I had such fun in Paris. Here is a picture of my son Kush blasting his vuvuzela to open our panel on the World Cup. Looking on are Breyten Breytenbach, Njabulo Ndebele and Mark Gevisser who all three manage to combine high intelligence with searing talent and the sweetest of natures. Posted by Petina Gappah [http://petinagappah.blogspot.com] We did it, we showed the world The Guardian, July 2010 Did South Africa win the World Cup? Finantial Times, July 2010 A joyous burden Mail & Guardian, June 2010 South Africa's World Cup Moment The New York Times, June 2010 I want to imagine the SA of my dreams Times Live, May 2010 Here is a selection of articles Mark has recently written: Young Mandela by David James Smith The Guardian, July 2010 Homosexuality and the battle for Africa’s soul Mail & Guardian, June 2010 He wore his alienation on his sleeve Mail & Guardian, May 2010 South African Angst The New York Times, September 2009 Castigated and celebrated The Times, August 2009 A man with two tribes The Times, July 2009 Judging Zuma The Wall Street Journal, 19 April 2009 South Africa: beyond a one-party state The Guardian.co.uk, 20 April 2009 Jacob Zuma, South Africa's unsavory next president LA Times Online, 19 April 2009 How Zuma became Mbeki Mail & Guardian Online, 09 April 2009 More articles...	Latest News A Legacy of Liberation Mark’s award-winning biography of Thabo Mbeki is now available internationally, in abridged and updated form, in a new edition published by Palgrave Macmillan. Read more... André Brink on "A Legacy of Liberation" in the Saturday Telegraph Advance Praise for “A Legacy of Liberation” Praise for the South African edition Buy the book

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