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carpenter who has become involved in the politics of South Africa. Kumalo and
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Jarvis learns of his son's death and comes with his family to
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for the murder of Arthur Jarvis. Before his father returns to
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the
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production opened on 30 October 1949 at the Music Box
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106:(USA) &
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1241:(1995 film)
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1102:14 February
829:contratenor
804:Melba Moore
798:, starring
738:Grahamstown
603:, which is
488:instead of
441:Main themes
360:John Kumalo
85:Set in
1276:Categories
1145:Alan Paton
863:References
832:David D'Or
814:spirituals
778:Kurt Weill
678:Canada Lee
601:Theophilus
574:King David
496:Background
478:microcosms
374:King David
334:Characters
276:Kurt Weill
216:Alan Paton
61:Alan Paton
991:9 January
750:Cape Town
670:Hollywood
546:Jan Smuts
538:Saxonwold
519:Christian
450:apartheid
220:apartheid
142:paperback
104:Scribners
100:Publisher
934:Disgrace
827:Israeli
792:Broadway
766:Adelaide
697:Botswana
693:Gaborone
595:and the
562:Biblical
534:Parktown
434:The Girl
178:13487773
67:Language
1249:Related
930:Beloved
796:a movie
585:Stephen
570:Absalom
536:and of
409:pro deo
370:Absalom
191:823.914
136:Print (
95:, 1940s
70:English
1206:(1988)
1187:(1981)
1179:(1969)
1171:(1953)
1163:(1947)
1152:Novels
1076:12 May
1020:12 May
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841:Maariv
820:, and
636:Gospel
632:Christ
620:Christ
589:martyr
587:was a
486:dashes
398:Dubula
247:, and
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57:Author
1046:2 May
822:blues
705:Natal
628:Peter
624:Jesus
616:Jesus
612:Peter
605:Greek
566:Paton
542:Paton
526:Ixopo
301:white
149:Pages
138:hard~
93:Natal
79:novel
75:Genre
1104:2013
1078:2009
1048:2009
1022:2009
993:2023
882:ISBN
818:jazz
802:and
548:and
528:and
484:and
470:veld
344:Zulu
288:Zulu
282:Plot
262:1995
258:1951
172:OCLC
158:ISBN
110:(UK)
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