THE BLACK TRAIN RISING, the life and times of Welcome Duru

209pp., illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2010.

A biography of Welcome Duru (1933–2009), a South African actor, boxing promoter, composer, singer, and politician who was spent time in prison on Robben Island in the 1960s.

Vuyisile Msila is Professor of Education at the University of Johannesburg.