Ashwin Desai

13 books

A History of the Present: A Biography of Indian South Africans, 1990-2019 by Ashwin Desai, Goolam Vahed

A History of the Present: A Biography of Indian South Africans, 1990-2019

Ashwin Desai, Goolam Vahed

408 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Inside Indian Indenture: A South African Story, 1860-1914 by Ashwin Desai, Goolam Vahed

Inside Indian Indenture: A South African Story, 1860-1914

Ashwin Desai, Goolam Vahed

512 pages • 2007

nonfiction reference informative reflective slow-paced
The South African Gandhi: Stretcher-Bearer of Empire by Ashwin Desai, Goolem Vahed

The South African Gandhi: Stretcher-Bearer of Empire

South Asia in Motion

Ashwin Desai, Goolem Vahed

343 pages • 2015

nonfiction biography history politics dark informative slow-paced
Blacks in Whites: A Century of Cricket Struggles in KwaZulu-Natal by Ashwin Desai
Blacks in Whites: A Century of Cricket Struggles in KwaZulu-Natal
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Ashwin Desai

Blacks in Whites: A Century of Cricket Struggles in KwaZulu-Natal

Ashwin Desai

485 pages • hardcover • 2002

medium-paced
Chatsworth: The Making of a South African Township by Goolam H. Vahed, Ashwin Desai
Chatsworth: The Making of a South African Township
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Goolam H. Vahed, Ashwin Desai

Chatsworth: The Making of a South African Township

Goolam H. Vahed, Ashwin Desai

546 pages • hardcover • 2013

medium-paced
Durban's Casbah: Bunny Chows, Bolsheviks and Bioscopes by Goolam H. Vahed, Ashwin Desai
Durban's Casbah: Bunny Chows, Bolsheviks and Bioscopes
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Goolam H. Vahed, Ashwin Desai

Durban's Casbah: Bunny Chows, Bolsheviks and Bioscopes

Goolam H. Vahed, Ashwin Desai

429 pages

Line Breakers by Ashwin Desai, Ashwell Adriaan

Line Breakers

Ashwin Desai, Ashwell Adriaan

136 pages • hardcover • 2021 user-added

nonfiction history sports
Monty Naicker: Between Reason and Treason by Ashwin Desai
Monty Naicker: Between Reason and Treason
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Ashwin Desai

Monty Naicker: Between Reason and Treason

Ashwin Desai

534 pages • hardcover

The Race to Transform: Sport in Post-apartheid South Africa by Ashwin Desai
The Race to Transform: Sport in Post-apartheid South Africa
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Ashwin Desai

The Race to Transform: Sport in Post-apartheid South Africa

Ashwin Desai

264 pages • paperback • 2010

medium-paced
Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island by Ashwin Desai

Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island

Ashwin Desai

144 pages • 2012

challenging informative reflective fast-paced