Apartheid: A Point To Cover (Ind-Ed) : South African Cricket 1948-1970 And The Stop The Seventy Tour Campaign

<p>The proposed South African cricket tour of England in 1970 was cancelled as a result of an incredible campaign carried out by a young group of activists - the Stop The Seventy Tour movement led by the 20-year-old Peter Hain. <br/>The movement itself was variously landmark far-reaching and hilarious. Extremely innovative in its direct-action methods it triggered the isolation of South Africa from the cricket world and contributed significantly in the fight to end apartheid in the land. The campaign was the result of a long history of subjugation and exploitation of the non-whIt's in South Africa and the social discrimination was reflected in the way they were marginalised in the sporting world. The book takes a detailed look at this social history through the prism of white and non-white cricket of South Africa covering the turbulent apartheid era of 1948-1970.<br/><br/>Writtem at galloping speed. An enjoyable read. David Frith<br/><br/>I am immensely impressed by the research that has gone into the book the way so many threads are gathered together in telling the story. Ilovethe flickering style of it moving from scene to scene with such an eye for the telling detail. The use of the present tense makes It'so immediate and running through it all there is a terrific sense of the injustice of apartheid. Full marks to Arun Sengupta for taking a well-worn subject and creating such an original book. Stephen Chalke<br/><br/></p>