All rise : resistance and rebellion in South Africa 1910-1948 : a graphic history /
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- ISBN: 9781431431311
- ISBN: 1431431311
- ISBN: 9781946395634
- ISBN: 1946395633
- Physical Description: 248 pages : illustrations, portraits (some colour) ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana Media, 2021.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Genre: | Graphic novels. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Upper Skagit Library | 741.596 CON | 1013612 | Graphic Novel | Available | - |
RICHARD CONYNGHAM is the author, creative director and researcher behind All Rise. He is a Pietermaritzburg-born writer who lives in Mexico City. After graduating from the universities of Cape Town and Cambridge, he worked for South African civil-society organizations Equal Education, The Bookery, and Ndifuna Ukwazi, the London publisher Slightly Foxed, and the edtech organization MakeTomorrow. In 2016, Richard collaborated with the Trantraal Brothers to create Safety, Justice and Peopleâs Power, an illustrated companion to the OâRegan-Pikoli Commission of Inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha.
SAAID RAHBEENI lives in Maitland, Cape Town. A freelance illustrator with decades of experience, he previously worked for the Educational Support Services Trust, Jincom, Strika Entertainment, and MTE Studios. His drawings appear in a range of school textbooks published by Pearson, Pan Macmillan, and Oxford University Press, among others, and he has also contributed to the Our Story series by South African Heritage Publishers. Saaid illustrated Chapter 1, âUntil the Ship Sailsâ.
THE TRANTRAAL BROTHERS, André and Nathan, are a sibling-illustrator duo who grew up in the Cape Town township of Mitchells Plain before moving to Bishop Lavis. They have published numerous cartoons and graphic works including Coloureds (2010) and Crossroads (2014â2020, written by Koni Benson). Independently, André has written and illustrated the childrenâs book series, Keegan and Samier. Nathan has published three poetry collections in Kaapsâearning him numerous awards including the 2013 Ingrid Jonker Prize and the 2020 SALA Poetry Awardâas well as a collection of his columns as published in the Afrikaans newspaper, Rapport. The Trantraal Brothers illustrated Chapter 2, âIn the Shadow of a High Stone Wallâ.
LIZ CLARKE lives in Cape Town, where she works as an illustrator. She has contributed to the genre of graphic history internationally, and her work is featured in seven books published by Oxford University Press USAâincluding Witness to the Age of Revolution (written by Charles F. Walker), which won the Association of American Publishers PROSE Award for Nonfiction Graphic Novels, and Abina and the Important Men (written by Trevor R. Getz), which won the American Historical Associationâs James Harvey Robinson Prize. Liz illustrated Chapter 3, âCome Gallows Grimâ.
DADA KHANYISA is an Umzimkhulu-born, Johannesburg-raised, Cape Town-based multi-disciplinary artist whose work explores the intersection of technology and contemporary social culture with respect to the Black experience. In 2016, they (Dadaâs preferred pronoun) were awarded the Simon Gerson Prize, and a year later, completed a commission for a 35-metre mural on Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. In 2018, the Stevenson Gallery in Cape Town presented Dadaâs first solo exhibition, Bambâiphone, followed up two years later by the Johannesburg show, Good Feelings. Dada illustrated Chapter 4, âThe Widow of Marabastadâ.
TUMI MAMABOLO hails from Polokwane in Limpopo province. He canât remember a time when he wasnât avidly drawing and painting, usually a comic or graphic novel from his own imagination. Since graduating with a degree in Information Design from the University of Pretoria in 2020, he has already won two Gold Loerie awards for his animation work. Still in his early twenties, Tumi is the youngest of the All Rise contributors, having illustrated Chapter 5, âA House Dividedâ.
MARK MODIMOLA was born in Pretoria of Sotho-Tsonga parentage. Originally a graphic designer, he studied at the University of Pretoria and later pursued a Fulbright Scholarship in the United States before returning to South Africa determined to illustrate full-time. Mark is a prolific and versatile creator, with a portfolio that explores African identity and spirituality, often through the cultural aesthetic of Afrofuturism. He illustrated Chapter 6, âHere I Cross to the Other Sideâ, honouring and drawing inspiration from his Sotho migrant ancestry.