num_pages: 176
description: Zuma’s Bastard: Encounters with a desktop terrorist is a selection of writing where youthful irreverence flirts with political subversion. These are essays by a young journalist finding his way in a world severely scarred by 9/11. Adapted from the award winning blog, Accidental Academic on the premier Thoughtleader blogging platform, this book lends a vibrant, new voice to issues of race, religion, power and politics. At once, hard-hitting and thoughtful, the author, Azad Essa tackles very serious topics with a disarming wit. He introduces a fresh take on the Israel-Palestine conflict, studiously unravelling the relentless juggernaut in the making of India as a super power and no Holy Cow is spared as he reveals the ugly remnants of an archaic racism in his own community. Even the Dali Lama is not spared Essa's acerbic pen.Zuma's Bastard is emblematic of a new generation of South Africans, the illegitimate children of the new democracy, locating themselves between an apocalypse of history and an uncertain future.
language: English
title: Zuma's Bastard
publisher: Two Dogs Books