Alan Paton

To paraphrase Alan Paton, we can only really cry for the beloved country and pray that those with the ability to act stupidly refrain from so doing - take a leaf out of the post Chris Hani assassination guys ... we got over that debacle even before

Guardian Online 2010

Even Alan Paton, the famed South African writer, set out to discover its whereabouts.

The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

Love is the narrative thread of much great African literature, as Isak Dinesen explored or as African writer Alan Paton said, "But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power."

Diana Butler Bass: African Religion & God's Transcendent Love for LGBT People 2010

"Imagine trying to find everything that's ever been published about a plant: Which chemicals are in it, whether it's poisonous or not, where is it found," said Alan Paton, one of Nic Lughadha's colleagues at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.

Scientists Compile Most Comprehensive List Of Plants Ever AP 2010

"Imagine trying to find everything that's ever been published about a plant: Which chemicals are in it, whether it's poisonous or not, where is it found," said Alan Paton, one of Nic Lughadha's colleagues at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.

Scientists Compile Most Comprehensive List Of Plants Ever AP 2010

Love is the narrative thread of much great African literature, as Isak Dinesen explored or as African writer Alan Paton said, "But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power."

Diana Butler Bass: African Religion & God's Transcendent Love for LGBT People 2010

One of my top reads from last year was Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful by Alan Paton.

Need help picking a book! tinylittlelibrarian 2008

Alan Paton never won a Nobel Prize for Cry, the Beloved Country, his landmark 1948 novel about a Zulu minister who learns that his son has murdered the son of a white man.

2008 March 17 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008

This summary passage was actually written by Alan Paton in what is probably the most important novel ever written about South Africa.

Reports from South Africa Focus on Crime and Ignore History 2008

The late Alan Paton, author of Cry the Beloved Country, received the Ikhamanga award (Gold) posthumously for "exceptional contribution to literature, exposing the apartheid oppression through his work and fighting for a just and democratic society".

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006