Jonathan Jansen
Список книг автора Jonathan JansenWe Write What We Like
Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness philosophy, was killed in prison on 12 September 1977. Biko was only thirty years old, but his ideas and political activities changed the course of South African history and helped hasten the end of apartheid. The year 2007 saw the thirtieth anniversary of Biko?s death. To mark the occasion, the then Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Mosibudi Mangena, commissioned Chris van Wyk to compile an anthology of essays as a tribute to the great South African son. Among the contributors are Minister Mangena himself, ex-President Thabo Mbeki, writer Darryl Accone, journalists Lizeka Mda and Bokwe Mafuna, academics Jonathan Jansen, Mandla Seleoane and Saths Cooper, a friend of Biko?s and former president of Azapo. We Write What We Like proudly echoes the title of Biko?s seminal work, I Write What I Like. It is a gift to a new generation which enjoys freedom, from one that was there when this freedom was being fought for. And it celebrates the man whose legacy is the freedom to think and say and write what we like.
As by Fire
What are the real roots of the student protests of 2015 and 2016? Is it actually about fees? Why did the protests turn violent? Where is the government while the buildings burn? Former Free State University vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen delves into the unprecedented disruption of universities that caught South Africa by surprise. In frank interviews with eleven of the VCs most affected, he examines the forces at work, why the protests escalate into chaos, and what is driving – and exasperating – our youth. This urgent and necessary book gives us an insider view of the crisis, tells us why the conflict will not go away and what it means for the future of our universities.
Briewe aan my kinders
Eers was die raad net bedoel vir Jonathan Jansen se eie kinders wat op die punt van volwassenheid gestaan het. Maar dié stukkies wysheid het gou versprei na die studente van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat – en toe nog verder na Jansen se duidende volgelinge op Facebook en Twitter. Jansen het elke dag ’n “brief aan sy kinders” geskryf, ’n klein stukkie lewenswysheid oor enigiets van die liefde tot menswees. Dié humoristies dog aangrypende twiets bewys oor en oor hoekom Jansen Suid-Afrika se morele barometer geword het.’n Bundel met outydse raad, geskryf in ’n 21ste eeuse formaat, wat aanklank sal vind by oud en jonk.