Daniel Whitman 
Outsmarting Apartheid [EPUB ebook] 
An Oral History of South Africa’s Cultural and Educational Exchange with the United States, 1960–1999

Introduction
Dan Whitman

Definitions
Chronology of South African History

Part 1. Arts

Brahms, from Malmesbury to Carnegie Hall
Franklin Larey

‘Education Was My Weapon’
Sindive Magona

Market Theatre Co-Founder Discovers the American Stage
Malcolm Purkey

Dance, Too, Can Change a Society
Adrienne Sichel

‘Do You Sell Stamps or Don’t You?’ (Breaking the Cultural Boycott)
Brooks Spector

Part 2. Education

Persona Non Grata Becomes a Professor
David Coplan

Scrambled Eggs and Science Teaching in Pretoria
Mary Beth Gosende

‘A Gill of All Trades’
Gill Jacot Guillarmod

Fullbrights, the TRC, and an MA in Washington
Monica Joyi
A Breach of Racial Divides in Training Military Leaders
Edna van Harte

An Educational Advisor Wouldn’t Take No for an Answer
Carol Wilson

Part 3. Law and Parliament

A South African Magistrate and the American Correctional System
Siraj Desai

‘The People’s Judge’
Willem Heath

Fulbright Scholar, Yale Professor, Member of Parliament
Wilmot James

‘Steve, I Can’t Tell You How Meaningful That Day Was for Me’
Steve Mc Donald
A Journey to Parliament via the United States
Sejamothopo Motau

Bridging Political Divides
Dan Adriaan Neser and Jenny Neser

Operation Crossroads Africa and Lifelong Learning
Eshaam Palmer

Part 4. Public Service

Abuse No More
Sheila Goodgall

Our Man in Pretoria: Three Tours in South Africa
Robert Gosende

ACAO under Apartheid, PAO under Democracy
Thomas N. Hull

The Boss Said He Could Stand Up to Anybody
Frank Sassman
Walking in Another’s Shoes
Klaas Skosana
Breaching the Walls on a Park Bench
Jerome Vogel

Part 5. Science and Research

Anyone’s Medical Doctor of Choice
Gilbert A. Lawrence

A Life of Firsts: The Science of Joints and Cartilage
Shirley Motaung

Two Degrees of the Universe
Karel Nel

Part 6. Social Engagement and Community Empowerment

A Spouse Brings South Africans Together
Bonnie Brown

We All Invited All
Timothy Carney

Social Work and the Cleveland International Program
Desmond Victor Daniels

‘This Is the Kind of Dialogue We Need’
Robert C. Heath

Discovering American Freedom with Operation Crossroads Africa
Wallace Mgoqi

Bringing Head Start to South Africa
Virginia Petersen

‘Just Give Him a Chance, ‘ and She Did
Ruth Spector

Part 7. Editor’s Final Note
Dan Whitman

Acknowledgments
Index

Daniel Whitman is Assistant Professor of Foreign Policy at the Washington Semester Program at American University. He is the author of A Haiti Chronicle: The Undoing of a Latent Democracy, 1999–2001. Kari Jaksa is Foreign Service Officer for the US Department of State, currently posted in Shanghai, China.