History effaced: the International Defence and Aid Letters

The International Defence and Aid Letters, now in the Mayibuye Archives at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, contain the responses of many South Africans, mainly women, who during the apartheid period and immediately afterwards received funds from the International Defence and Aid Fund via a large number of intermediaries in Europe and Canada. The letters were written to these intermediaries as receipts for funds sent to them. Partly for security reasons and partly because the recipients were often lonely as well as poor, they tended to send news of themselves and their families as well as thanks for the money which they needed. The letters now function as pieces of history of the private and domestic sufferings of families whose breadwinners were imprisoned or exiled, and who had been forced to leave wives and children without support. They are unique in that the writers would not under any other circumstances have written to describe their plight, and there is no other collection of letters which offers such an authentic picture of domestic heroism.     

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“我没有像其他同学一样去考研、考公务员,也放弃了回到实习公司当白领的机会。在我们班,回到农村干农业的就我一个人。”——23岁的税仕玲是西南大学园艺园林学院的学生,近日,     

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“高等育逐渐由‘卖方市场转向’‘买方审场’,学生与家长有了更大选择权,这将给中国高校致命一击,高校必然进入前断未有的市场化时代。在这一背景下,质量与特色固然是竞争的根本,但营销不可缺乏。”     

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“得女性者得天下。”——《华尔街8报》刊文分析中国电商的成功秘诀,结合一些数据调查得出上述结论,文章认为,相对男性,中国女性网购物更为频繁、支出更多,更能拉动商家利润。     

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“懂得保护自己才最重要,人不可能被关一辈子。”——9月,各大高校忙着迎接自己的2014级新生。18岁的福建女孩,西安交通大学新生陆享璇选择了最大胆的上学方案：骑行到学校报到。24天里,她骑行了2000多公里。路上搭陌生人的便车时,她不仅通过聊天巧妙地确认对方身份,还会拍照发微博。     

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＂Congratulations! But compared with me, you are still younger. Keep on trying!＂ -- Wu Songshi, 105     

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由中国伦理学会慈孝文化专业委员会开展的中华小孝子培养工程近日在北京启动。该工程将计划利用五年左右的时间在全国培养百万中华小孝子,为全国亿万孩子树立道德榜样。此举引发了各方的争议。     

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This column is devoted to informing VGQ readers of important articles in other journals. All articles are published by the American Personnel and Guidance Association unless otherwise noted. Single copies of back issues may be ordered from APGA Publication Sales, Two Skyline Place, Suite 400, 5203 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Va. 22041