Michael Morris

Michael Morris is a columnist and was a newspaper journalist for 38 years before joining the South African Institute of Race Relations as head of media in 2017. He is the author of Every Step of the Way, commissioned by the South African History Project to commemorate the tenth anniversary of democracy in 2004, and of Paging Through History: 150 Years with the Cape Argus 1857–2007, also published by Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Author's books

JB-Apartheid-2ndEd

Apartheid: An Illustrated History 3rd Edition

An Illustrated History

Apartheid: An Illustrated History examines the defining experience of modern South Africa’s transition from colonialism to democracy. What began in May 1948 as an ambitious project to engineer white supremacy at the expense of the country’s black majority spawned 46 years of repressive authoritarianism and bitter resistance, which claimed the lives of thousands and pushed the country to the brink of civil war.

 

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