The South African journal Lantern / Lantern: Journal of Knowledge and Culture / Tydskrif vir Volksopleiding was one of the more substantial cultural and educational periodicals of the apartheid era. It occupied an interesting position somewhere between a literary review, an adult education journal and a cultural magazine, carrying essays on history,
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It is appropriate to begin with a declaration of interest: I contributed a chapter on Prynnsberg and supported the publication of this book. That proximity, however, also allows for a fuller appreciation of both its achievements and its limitations. Jackie Kalley, publishing under her Otterley Press
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Founded by St Marcellin Champagnat from France in France, the Marist Brothers expanded their Koch Street monastic school to Observatory in 1924. In the 1970s, in defiance of the apartheid government, it became one of the first non-racial independent schools in South Africa. Girls joined the school in 1980 with the incorporation of the Ursuline and Holy Family convents. In the 1990s, it educated the children of returning exiles.
