357pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2023
Short biographies of 12 men and women, including Moshoeshoe, Eugène Marais, Sol Plaatje, Cissie Gool, Steve Biko and Thuli Madonsela.
Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall are journalists living in Cape Town. They are the authors of Rogues Gallery, an irreverent history of corruption in South Africa and Spoilt Ballots, the elections that shaped South Africa, from Shaka to Cyril.