SHADOWBOXING: Comics in a Climate of Fear

by Ian Rakoff

Overview

SHADOWBOXING is the riveting and personal account of the author's years growing up under Apartheid. Told from the unique perspective of a child who, from an early age, begins to recognize the injustices of his world and systematic and institutionalized racism and oppression of South Africa. Resistance and rebellion, nurtured in part by an innate sense of fairness gleaned from the heroic stories he read in comic books, grew in response to the expansion and codification of Apartheid. His love for the Xhosa woman who cared for and guided him awoke a clarity of vision that led to his fighting alongside all those who risked their lives for liberation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781733456166
Publisher:	Powys Media
Publication date:	09/22/2023
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Ian Rakoff is a screenwriter, editor, author and comic book collector. He grew up in the 1940s under Apartheid in South Africa. Ian wrote "Inside the Prisoner: Radical Film and Television in the 60s" published by Batsford Film Books in 1996.