Ashwin Desai
ASHWIN DESAI is Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg. His 2002 book We are the Poors: Community Struggles in post-apartheid South Africa was described by Naomi Klein as ‘one of the best books yet on globalisation and resistance’. 2012 saw The Witness lauding his book Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island, holding that ‘there could be few better tributes to the power of the written word’. Wentworth: The Beautiful Game and the Making of Place was awarded the 2021...
