Truth be in the Field: Social Science Research in Southern Africa by Pierre Hugo

ISBN:‎ 9780869816332

Unisa Press31 December 1990

Paperback, 370 pages

In this collection of essays researchers recount their research experiences in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Contributors to this volume pursue answers to their research questions in small towns, in both urban and rural white areas, in black townships, in 'coloured' areas, in the homelands of Kangwane, the Transkei, and Qwa Qwa, in the streets of Johannesburg, in the 'killing fields' of Pietermaritzburg, in the black hostels of Cape Town, and even in a gay club in Pretoria. 'Some will regard Truth be in the field as a handbook for research and researchers seeking to enter the field, and it is certainly that. But perhaps more important is the sensitive and provocative way