A School of Struggle : Durban's Medical School and the Education of Black Doctors in South Africa

ISBN-13: 9781869142520 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 398 str.

Vanessa Noble

Opis

Durban's Medical School has made an indelible mark on South African history and society. The first medical school in South Africa to offer a full biomedical education to black students, it laid the foundation of the black medical profession. Also, during a time of repression and political unrest it offered students an education in politics and activism. Alumni - among them Steve Biko, Jerry Coovadia, Nkosana Dlamini Zuma, Malegapuru Makgoba, Zweli Mkhize and Mamphela Ramphele - went from here to change the medical landscape, make history and set the tone of public life. Based on valuable, original oral histories and a sensitive interrogation of archival sources, this book presents a detailed history of the School from the 1950s to post-apartheid within its historical contexts. It offers insightful portraits of the School's pioneers. It tells poignantly of students struggling to overcome prejudice, structural hardships and discrimination in a quest to improve their lives, an institution and society. The Durban Medical School becomes a prism through which the recent South African history of education, medicine, resistance and politics are seen.