They Shaped Our Century

The Most Influential South Africans of the Twentieth Century

Plot

This volume of highly readable essays detailing the lives and thoughts of South Africa's 100 most influential personages was written by experts, journalists, and the people who shared the lives of these important men and women. Within these pages is a fascinating glimpse of those who changed South African society and the world, from President and human rights pioneer Nelson Mandela, to heart surgeon Christiaan Barnard, to Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer.