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  • Blood River 1838

    The Zulu–Boer War and the Great Trek

    by Ian Knight ...
    Series Book 402 - Campaign
    A myth-shattering study of the first clash between the Zulu kingdom and European interlopers and its dramatic effects on Boer and Zulu alike.By the 1830s, the Zulu kingdom was consolidating its power as the strongest African polity in the south-east, but was under growing pressure from British traders and hunters on the coast, and descendants of the early Dutch settlers at the Cape – the Boers. In ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Training of African Teachers in Natal from 1846–1964

    The history of African teacher training in Natal is one of the most neglected and under-researched aspects of educational history. This book attempts to set out the administrative history of this field as a first step in stimulating the further research that is so urgently needed.Print edition not for sale in Sub Saharan Africa. ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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  • My Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah

    A Memoir

    by DENIS HIRSON ...
    **A “beautifully written, funny and deeply moving” memoir about a son’s reckoning with his father’s political idealism, set against the menacing backdrop of apartheid-era South Africa (Finuala Dowling, author of The Man Who Loved Crocodile Tamers)A bestselling South African writer known for tackling history and memory finally makes his American debut**Witty and deeply poignant, My Thirty-Minute ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Party Politics and Populism in Zambia

    Michael Sata and Political Change, 1955–2014

    Analysis of the political history of Zambia through a study of Michael Sata. It shows the interaction between party politics and populism since the 1950s, the nature and competitiveness of electoral politics in single or dominant party regimes, and the importance of individual political leadership to the success of opposition parties in Africa.Javier Milei in Argentina, Donald Trump in the United ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • The Life and Adventures of Eli Wiggill

    South African 1820 Settler, Wesleyan Missionary, and Latter-day Saint

    The autobiography of Eli Wiggill offers a captivating narrative of one family’s journey from Gloucester, England, to South Africa, and eventually to Salt Lake City during the mid-nineteenth century. Eli and Susannah Wiggill’s conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa serves as a focal point in their remarkable story. Eli’s retelling vividly portrays their ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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  • African Labor History

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1978, this book was distinctive in translating the work of French labour specialists and includes chapters on Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal, Kenya, Tanganyika, Madagascar and Botswana. Although all the papers are set in historically specific events, some of the larger issues receive further treatment. These concern the reality of the existence of an African working class ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • The Tao of South Africa

    by Chris Kanyane ...
    A land of soaring mountains, endless plains, and coastlines kissed by two mighty oceans. A nation like no other in terms of contradictions. South Africa is an octopus. It's a place that pulses with vibrant life, where contradictions writhe like tangled roots beneath the surface.But what if I told you this crucible of contradictions also embodies the essence of the Tao Te Ching, the ancient Chinese ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Christian Nationalism and Anticommunism in Twentieth-Century South Africa

    by Ruhan Fourie ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
    This book investigates Afrikaner anticommunism in South Africa in the twentieth century, focusing on the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC).Following contemporary understandings of anticommunism as a fluid ideological stance, it demonstrates that the deeply held anticommunist convictions of ordinary twentieth-century Afrikaners is more than merely a natural result of global politics. It examines how the ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • The Lion and the Tigress

    This enlightening book focuses on the history of how the ethnic groups of Africa, eventually joined by white colonizers from Europe, created the seedbed for the hateful apartheid system in Southern Africa. The reader learns how apartheid began, the dehumanizing effects it had on the black population, and how it was finally abolished in its ‘zero hour’ in 1994. Written by historian, writer and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mahatma Gandhi: The Man Who Moved a Nation

    by SREEKUMAR V T ...
    To all who seek truth, justice, and peace,This book is a testament to the enduring legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, a man whose life's work continues to resonate across the ages. Gandhi's unwavering commitment to nonviolence, his tireless advocacy for social justice, and his deep reverence for the environment serve as a beacon of hope and inspiration in our troubled world.In these pages, we explore the ... Read more

    $15.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Growing up in Botswana during the 1930s and 40s

    Tales of Adventure in Colonial Africa

    Spencer 'Ted' Nettelton grew up in Botswana during the 1930s and 40s when herds of wildebeest stretched across the horizon and locally shot game was part of the staple diet.In Volume I of his memoirs, Ted describes the daily life of an adventurous boy living in the bush, and the impact on his family when caught in the spotlight of international events.From the banishment of Botswana's King Seretse ... Read more

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  • Fathers and Sons

    The legacy of honour and duty

    by Peter Cleary ...
    In the winter of 1981 Luke Calder was taken into custody by the security branch of the South African Police Service as he attempted to enter the pedestrian gate into his residence at Rhodes University. In many ways Luke was an extraordinary young man: top of his law class three years running, a provincial long distance runner and a leader, elected Senior Student of College House and a member of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Prophet of the People

    Isaiah Shembe and the Making of a South African Church

    Series series African History and Culture
    In 1910 Isaiah Shembe was struggling. He had left his family and quit his job as a sanitation worker to become a Baptist evangelist, but he ended his first mission without much to show. Little did he know that he would soon establish the Nazaretha Church as he began to attract attention from people left behind by industrial capitalism in South Africa. By his death in 1935, Shembe was an ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • A Post-Colonial Reconstruction of Africa

    Series series African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
    A Post-Colonial Reconstruction of Africa surveys the significant reconstruction work undertaken in the social and political organization of sub-Saharan African society in the decades following the colonial interruption and subjects these efforts to rigorous criticism in order to establish whether they can carry the weight of modernization efforts in Africa. To examine the significant trends, it ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • South Africa

    History and Natural Features

    To understand the history and the economic conditions of South Africa, one must first know something of its physical structure. The subject may seem dry, and those readers who do not care for it may skip this chapter. But it need not be uninteresting, and it is certainly not uninstructive. For myself, I can say that not only South African history, but also the prospects of South African industry ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Creation of the Boer Identity

    by Wiets Buys ...
    The history of the Boer identity is an epic saga. The Boer identity emerged in the isolation of an expansive landscape and evolved as a unique cultural entity deeply rooted in the principles of individualism, localism, independence, and freedom. The development of the Boer identity is an action-packed tale of sacrifice, suffering, loss, victory, and resilience that shaped the Boer identity."What ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Die Skepping van die Boeridentiteit

    by Wiets Buys ...
    Die geskiedenis van die Boeridentiteit is 'n epiese sage. Die Boeridentiteit het in die isolasie van 'n uitgestrekte landskap, as 'n unieke kulturele entiteit ontstaan wat diep gewortel is in die beginsels van individualisme, lokalisme, onafhanklikheid en vryheid. Die ontwikkeling van die Boeridentiteit is 'n aksie-belaaide verhaal van opoffering, lyding, verlies, oorwinning, en veerkragtigheid ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Relief of Ladysmith [Illustrated Edition]

    by J. B. Atkins ...
    Includes Boer War Illustrations Pack with 300 maps, plans, and photos.The Relief of Ladysmith is a detailed account of the siege of Ladysmith during the South African War (1899-1902) and the efforts to lift the siege and rescue the town's inhabitants. Atkins, a British officer who participated in the relief, provides a firsthand perspective on one of the most dramatic episodes of the war.—Print Ed ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Struggle for a Free South Africa

    Campus Anti-Apartheid Movements in Africa and the United States, 1960–1994

    Edited by Derek Charles Catsam ...
    This book explores anti-apartheid movements on university and college campuses across Africa and the United States in the 1970s and 1980s.In the wake of the March 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa, the country’s apartheid policies drew increasing critical international attention. By the 1970s, South Africa found itself isolated due to growing sporting, economic and cultural boycotts. ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Ordinary Whites in Apartheid Society

    Social Histories of Accommodation

    by Neil Roos ...
    How were whites implicated in and shaped by apartheid culture and society, and how did they contribute to it?In Ordinary Whites in Apartheid Society, historian Neil Roos traces the lives of ordinary white people in South Africa during the apartheid years, beginning in 1948 when the National Party swept into power on the back of its catchall apartheid slogan. Drawing on his own family's story and ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Ordinary Whites in Apartheid Society

    Social Histories of Accommodation

    by Neil Roos ...
    How were whites implicated in and shaped by apartheid culture and society, and how did they contribute to it?In Ordinary Whites in Apartheid Society, historian Neil Roos traces the lives of ordinary white people in South Africa during the apartheid years, beginning in 1948 when the National Party swept into power on the back of its catchall apartheid slogan. Drawing on his own family's story and ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The House of Hardships and Deceits

    In the heart of Mamelodi Township, a community forged by the harsh winds of forced relocation and apartheid-era hardships, a vivid tapestry of resilience and cultural richness unfolds. Born from the ashes of Vlakfontein Farm, Mamelodi became a crucible for survival, where families navigated the tumultuous waves of racial segregation imposed by the National Party. The echoes of missionary schools, ... Read more

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  • The Great Boer War

    "The Great Boer War" is a book written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published on 23 october 1900.Arthur Conan Doyle made his reputation as a novelist, but far stranger than fiction is the creator of Sherlock Holmes' tale of the Boer War in South Africa. The then 40-year-old novelist wanted to see the war first hand as a soldier, but the Victorian army balked at having a popular author wielding a ... Read more

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  • Madness

    Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

    This book is a summary of the original work titled "Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton." It is intended to provide a concise overview of the key concepts, themes, and insights presented in the original book.This summary is not a substitute for reading the complete work, and it does not include all the content, nuance, or context found in the original book. Readers ... Read more

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