The Zulu and the Zeide

Ronald Segal

1958

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This text includes a derogatory portrayal of a character from Africa. This text provides insight into Jewish history; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote oppression of any kind.

Harry was the only person who knew that he and his father had quarrelled shortly before the accident that ended the old man’s life took place; this was something that Harry was to keep secret for the rest of this life.

Late in the afternoon they quarrelled, after Harry had come back from the shop out of which he made his living. Harry came back to…

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Ronald Segal

1932–2008

The author and publisher Ronald Segal was deeply involved with the antiapartheid struggle in South Africa, writing, lecturing, fighting in the courts, and accepting exile as the cost of his activism. Born into affluence in South Africa, he used his family’s wealth and his own inexhaustible energy to defend Nelson Mandela and champion an economic boycott of the apartheid regime. Through his magazine, Africa South, and the Penguin African Library, he brought international attention to the continent of his birth.

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