Asking for Trouble: The Autobiography of a Banned Journalist by Donald Woods

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Presents an account of his life in South Africa, his battle against apartheid as a newspaper journalist, his banning, and eventual escape from the country.

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Tinwara Brink's novel is the counterpart of Woods story, in fiction. It's touching and makes you wonder how you would have acted in such a situation.

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Jeff.Conrad 6 reviews

I read this in the summer before college, partially because I was interested in the politics of South Africa at the time. Woods' transformation and the brutal episode with his children being given shirts with ninhydrin have stuck with me since.

Apr 11, 2014

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