Somewhere Over the Rainbow

by Bell, Gavin

• ISBN13: 9780349112619
• ISBN10: 0349112614
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Abacus

Summary

When Archbishop Desmond Tutu dubbed his native South Africa the "Rainbow Nation," he conjured a vision of ethnic diversity and harmony in a country with eleven official languages, two national anthems, and a parliament that shuttled between two cities. As a foreign correspondent reporting on the last days of apartheid, Gavin Bell thought it was a brave image and wondered how long it would endure. A few years later, he returned to find out what had happened to Tutu's rainbow. In his travels he found a country at odds with itself, swinging between hope and despair, buoyed by a sense of freedom and haunted by a fear of violent crime.Somewhere Over the Rainbowis not only a fine travel book by an award-winning writer, it is a compelling portrait of a country in search of an identity.

Author Biography

After working in a number of countries for Reuters and THE TIMES, Gavin Bell won the 1995 Thomas Cook Travel Award for IN SEARCH OF TUSITALA. He lives in his native Scotland and works as a journalist.

Table of Contents

Map	viii
Glossary	x
Prologue	1	(5)
Tilbury-Rotterdam-Le Havre-Port Elizabeth-Cape Town	6	(9)
Cape Town	15	(10)
Cape flats townships and Table Mountain	25	(12)
Robben Island-Cape of Good Hope	37	(12)
Stellenbosch-Franschhoek-Paarl	49	(11)
Ceres-Citrusdal-Clanwilliam-Lamberts Bay	60	(11)
Wuppertal-Calvinia-Brandvlei-Kenhardt-Upington	71	(13)
Askham-Van Zylsrus-Hotazel-Kuruman-Upington	84	(14)
Kimberley-Magersfontein-Modderrivier-Orania	98	(14)
Orania-Bloemfontein	112	(14)
Rustlers' Valley-Phuthaditjhaba-Johannesburg	126	(10)
Johannesburg	136	(12)
Soweto	148	(13)
Pretoria-Sun City	161	(8)
Groot Marico-Zeerust-Marico bushveld-Mafeking	169	(15)
Tzaneen-Ga Modjadji-Thohoyandou-Lake Fundudzi	184	(19)
Kruger National Park	203	(14)
Ladysmith-Blood River-Rorke's Drift-Islandlwana-Babanango-Shakaland	217	(16)
Durban-Phoenix Settlement-Pietermaritzburg	233	(11)
Umtata-Qunu	244	(8)
East London-King William's Town-Bell-Hamburg-Port Elizabeth-Motherwell	252	(10)
Graaff-Reinet-Valley of Desolation-Aberdeen-Prince Albert	262	(12)
Hell-Matjiesfontein	274	(14)
Arniston-Bredasdrop	288	(9)
Cape Agulhas-Danger Point-Cape Town	297	(6)
Epilogue	303