Review by Dan Ncayiyana
Editor Emeritus, SAMJ, and Research Associate, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
South African Medical Journal April 2014, Vol 104, No. 4

Vanessa Noble has pulled a rabbit out of a hat by weaving what is essentially a scholarly monograph into an extraordinarily vibrant narrative on the history of black medical training in South Africa, specifically at the University of Natal Medical School, now the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The book is exceptionally well researched from primary sources, with numerous references and footnotes, and yet written in a style that makes it a page turner.

Review by Y K Seedat
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
South African Medical Journal, April 2014, Vol. 104, No. 4

This is an excellent book. It took about 10 years for the author to collect and collate the material, in the course of which she interviewed many of the graduates of the medical school, and those who provided years of service to it, and the book is interesting, factual and unbiased.