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Summary
A
biographical/narrative study of oppression, racism, and
resistance in twentieth-century South Africa through the
life of Richard Dudley, a
teacher/politico.
Teacher and Comrade
explores South African resistance in the twentieth
century, before and during apartheid, through the life
of Richard Dudley, a teacher/politico who spent
thirty-nine years in the classroom and his entire life
fighting for democracy. Dudley has given his life to
teaching and politics, and touched and influenced many
people who continue to work for democracy in South
Africa and abroad. Whether it was students, comrades, or
opposition, life was always teaching and relational for
Dudley. He challenged power throughout the apartheid
era, and his foundational beliefs in anti-imperialism
and nonracialism compel him to continue to talk, teach,
and speak to power. Through Dudley’s story, Teacher
and Comrade provides a rare portrait of both Cape
Town and South Africa, as well as the struggle against
racism and apartheid.
“This volume is incredibly
relevant for American teachers and teacher unionists.
The struggles, failures, and triumphs of Dudley and his
comrades are instructive for American teachers and
political activists.” — Wayne J. Urban, author of
Black Scholar: Horace Mann Bond,
1904–1972
Alan Wieder is Professor and
Chair of Educational Studies at the University of South
Carolina. He is the author of Voices from Cape Town
Classrooms: Oral Histories of Teachers Who Fought
Apartheid and Race and Education: Narrative
Essays, Oral Histories, and Documentary
Photography.
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