Rhodes Rage by Zapiro

Rhodes Rage (Zapiro's 2015 Annual, Clean Softcover Copy)

Zapiro's Satirical Cartoon Annual on the Rhodes Statue Protests, Nkandla and the South African News Year 2014–15

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Rhodes Rage: Cartoons from Mail & Guardian, Sunday Times and The Times
• Author: Zapiro
• Publisher: Jacana, Auckland Park, South Africa
• Publication Date: 2015
• ISBN-13: 9781431422555
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated red card wrappers, perfect bound, landscape format.
• Physical Format: Landscape oblong softcover, 160 pages. Full-page black-and-white and colour cartoons throughout, each with a dated caption.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Wraps: The red illustrated card wrappers are clean and bright, with no visible tears or creases. The spine is straight and clean with the lettering intact, and the corners are sharp.
• Interior: The title page is clean. The pages are bright and free of foxing, staining or markings, and the binding is tight.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Rhodes Rage: Cartoons from Mail & Guardian, Sunday Times and The Times is Zapiro's annual collection of political satire for the 2014–15 news year, published by Jacana. The cartoons first appeared in the Sunday Times, The Times and the Mail & Guardian between September 2014 and September 2015.

The title points to the campus protests over the statue of Cecil John Rhodes and the wider debate about colonial-era monuments. The volume also takes in the Nkandla affair and the other political events of the year, each cartoon carrying a dated caption so the book reads as a running visual chronicle.

Zapiro's annuals are a well-known record of South African public life in the post-apartheid era. This copy is a collectible used book that will suit readers of political satire and students of the period.

Author Profile: Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro)

Jonathan Shapiro, known professionally as Zapiro, was born in 1958 and is one of South Africa's best-known political cartoonists. He studied architecture at the University of Cape Town and later spent time in New York on a Fulbright Scholarship. His career in newspapers includes the Mail & Guardian from 1994, the Sunday Times from 1998 and The Times from 2009.

His honours include the 2009 MISA Press Freedom Award and the French Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2019. Alongside his long-running annuals he has published The Mandela Files, VuvuzelaNation and DemoCrazy, and his work has been exhibited internationally.