Perspectives of Apartheid South Africa: One Man's Journey -- A Compelling Narrative of Historical, Political, and Philosophical Import


PASADENA, Calif., July 28, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Insightful and captivating, author Benjamin Scott takes readers on his inspiring journey to South Africa.

Perspectives of Apartheid South Africa: One Man's Journey is an amalgam of introspective reflections and history, including interviews with South African heads of state. This unique narrative offers a personal glimpse into author Benjamin Scott's travels to the continent, first, in 1986, as a spectator traveling with coaches for the 1988 U.S. Olympic team and, then, in 1990. On the latter trip, undertaken at the behest of the South African government, he hoped to establish a liaison between African-American and South African entrepreneurs. His goal was to galvanize a country that he believed could potentially provide an economic blueprint for South Africa and the world.

A member of the Defense Department, armed with Q clearance, Scott hoped that his objective could be accomplished most effectively through open debate, conceptualization, and mutual cooperation between the then ruling White minority and the disenfranchised Black majority. Necessities, adequate education, healthcare, and housing were woefully lacking. Such deprivation was the product of fear. Scott could have been a prime target, himself, but armed with the power of faith in the South African people and the diplomatic skills to turn swords into ideas, he witnessed hatred and misconception transform into receptiveness and compromise. Though his efforts at home in the United States did not bear fruit, his ultimate fulfillment came in striving to improve conditions in South Africa, a country he deeply believed in and loved.

Perspectives Of Apartheid South Africa will be featured in the Frankfurt International Book Fair, on July 29, 2009.



          Perspectives Of Apartheid South Africa * by Benjamin Scott
                              One Man's Journey
                       Publication Date: May 21, 2009
            Trade Paperback; $19.99; 224 pages; 978-1-4415-0774-7
             Cloth Hardback; $29.99; 224 pages; 978-1-4415-0775-4

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