Kader Asmal: Politics in my blood

The biography of a politician who played a profound role in the history of the African National Congress, this account follows Kader Asmal from his beginnings as the son of a small-town shopkeeper in Natal through his exile in the UK and his rise to Cabinet minister under Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. Honoring Asmals lifelong dedication to freedom, equality, and justiceideals enshrined in the countrys Bill of Rights, which he played a major part in writingthis memoir is also the story of South Africas transition from apartheid to freedom and democracy. See more