Douglas Foster, Associate Professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism Recent works on South Africa have focused primarily on Nelson Mandela's transcendent story. But Douglas Foster, a leading South Africa authority with early, unprecedented access to President Zuma and to the next generation in the Mandela family, traces the nation's entire post-apartheid arc, from its celebrated beginnings under "Madiba" to Thabo Mbeki's tumultuous rule to the ferocious battle between Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. Foster tells this story not only from the point of view of the emerging black elite but also, drawing on hundreds of rare interviews over a six-year period, from the perspectives of ordinary citizens, including an HIV-infected teenager living outside Johannesburg and a homeless orphan in Cape Town. Learn more about this event at: cis.uchicago.edu/events/2012-2013/121017-after-mandela Read CIS's coverage of the event: cis.uchicago.edu/news/2012-2013/121019-foster-south-africa-after-mandela -- Part of the World Beyond the Headlines lecture series presented by the Center for International Studies.This event was cosponsored by the International House Global Voices Program, the Seminary Coop Bookstore, and the African Studies Workshop. cis.uchicago.edu

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