{"product_id":"pirates-of-polokwane-zapiro-2008-tcb-000827","title":"Pirates of Polokwane by Zapiro","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePirates of Polokwane (Zapiro's Polokwane-Era Political Cartoons)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eZapiro's Satirical Record of the Zuma-Mbeki Struggle at Polokwane and the Political Turmoil of 2007 to 2008\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pirates of Polokwane: Cartoons from Mail \u0026amp; Guardian, Sunday Times, and Independent Newspapers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zapiro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd, Auckland Park, South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2008\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781770095984\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published 2008 by Jacana Media. Softcover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated glossy card wrappers, perfect bound, landscape format, grey spine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Landscape softcover, 134 pages. Illustrated throughout with black and white cartoon reproductions, each dated with a short caption.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The glossy illustrated card wrappers are clean and bright on both front and back covers. The grey spine is straight and free of visible creasing, and the corners and edges are sharp. A small sticker or imprint sits at the foot of the spine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are clean, white to cream, and free of foxing, markings or inscriptions. The binding is tight. A clean, collectible copy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePirates of Polokwane gathers Zapiro's editorial cartoons from the Mail \u0026amp; Guardian, Sunday Times and Independent newspapers. It is the thirteenth annual collection of his work. Each cartoon carries a date and a short caption, so the book reads as a running commentary on the political events of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title refers to the December 2007 ANC National Conference at Polokwane, where Jacob Zuma defeated the incumbent Thabo Mbeki for the party presidency. Zapiro's nickname for Zuma's supporters, the Pirates of Polokwane, gave the volume its name. The collection follows the events surrounding that conference through 2007 and 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe back cover carries a comment from Anton Harber on the Lady Justice cartoon, a list of earlier Zapiro collections and a note on the cartoonist's 2008 awards. The book has been cited in academic writing on caricatures of Zuma, and it remains a vivid visual record of a turning point in post-apartheid politics, of interest to collectors of South African political satire and modern political history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJonathan Shapiro, known as Zapiro, was born in Cape Town in 1958. He studied architecture and graphic design before being conscripted, refused to bear arms, and became active in the United Democratic Front. He designed the logo of the End Conscription Campaign and held a Fulbright scholarship to study in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has been editorial cartoonist for the Mail \u0026amp; Guardian since 1994 and the Sunday Times since 1998, and worked at the Sowetan from 1994 to 2005. He won Best Humorist Cartoon at the 2008 South African Cartoonists Awards. 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