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​All Under Heaven, the story of a Chinese fam​ily in South Africa - Darryl Accone (David Philip, 2004)
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All Under Heaven, the story of a Chinese family in South Africa - Darryl Accone (David Philip, 2004)
This is an absorbing tale of three generations of Chinese immigrants living in Johannesburg and Pretoria, told with compassion and enormous warmth. It recounts the difficulties faced in the gold mining town of the early 20th century, and later, in apartheid South Africa. The story moves between China and Johannesburg, and gives valuable insight into the story of one of the country's minorities, as well as a different angle on the history of Johannesburg.