作者: Christopher Merrett

Christopher Merrett was born in Britain, grew up in the West Indies and has lived in South Africa for the past four decades. His career took him from academic librarian to university administrator, then journalism and now freelance editing and indexing. He was involved in non-racial cricket and detainee support work in 1980s and much of his writing covers human rights issues, especially censorship. He has a Ph D in History from the University of Cape Town and is currently engaged in researching aspects of the recent history and politics of Pietermaritzburg.