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Priest and partisan : a South African journey / by Michael Worsnip ; [foreword by Nelson Mandela].
Van Pelt Library DT1949.L26 W677 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Worsnip, Michael E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lapsley, Michael.
- Apartheid--South Africa--Biography.
- Apartheid.
- South Africa.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 167 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Michael Lapsley, priest and partisan
- Place of Publication:
- Melbourne, Victoria : Ocean Press ; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States by the Talman Co., [1996]
- Summary:
- In April 1990, Father Michael Lapsley SSM was the target of a letter bomb from South Africa, losing both hands and an eye. Lapsley was living in exile in Zimbabwe after having earned the hostility of the apartheid government through his active membership of the African National Congress.
- Priest and Partisan also describes the humor and courage involved in Lapsley's personal struggle to overcome his disability resulting from the bombing. He now works at the Trauma Center for Victims of Torture in Cape Town which is assisting the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation headed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1875284966
- OCLC:
- 35519402
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