The Cape Town Book: A Guide to the City's History, People and

The Cape Town Book: A Guide to the City's History, People and Places

The Cape Town Book presents a fresh picture of the Mother City, one that brings together all its stories. From geology and beaches to forced removals and hip-hop, Nechama Brodie, author of the best-selling The Joburg Book, has delved deeply into the hidden past of Cape Town to emerge with a lucid and compelling account of South Africaâ€™s fi rst city, its landscape and its people.
The bookâ€™s 14 chapters trace the origins and expansion of Cape Town â€“ from the City Bowl to the southern and coastal suburbs, the vast expanse of the Cape Flats and the sprawling northern areas.
Offering a nuanced, yet balanced, perspective on Cape Town, the book includes familiar attractions like Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch and the Companyâ€™s Garden, while also giving a voice to marginalised communities in areas such as Athlone, Langa, Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha.
Many of the images in the book have never been published before, and are drawn from the archives of museums, universities and public institutions. This beautifully illustrated, information-rich book is the defi nitive portrait of the wind-blown, contradictory city at the southern tip of Africa that more than three million people call home
Country USA
Manufacturer Struik Travel & Heritage
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-11-12
Format Kindle eBook

The Cape Town Book: A Guide to the City's History, People and Places