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The Promise of Planning explores the experience of planning internationally since the global financial crisis, focusing on South Africa. The book is a response to a decade-plus in which state-led pl……続きを見る

Atiku utei, « le coeur du caribou », c’est la force d’un peuple et sa grande humilité. Les Innus ont marché à travers les tempêtes de la vie. Ils ont traversé des montagnes pour se nourrir de l’espr……続きを見る

An Irregular Corps in Matabeleland by Herbert Plumer is a republication of the original 1897 classic that offers readers a direct glimpse into the historical events of the Second Matabele War. This ……続きを見る

Writing the Ancestral River is an illuminating and unusual biography of the Kowie River in the Eastern Cape This tidal river runs through the centre of what used to be called the Zuurveld, a formati……続きを見る

Written as a tribute to the revolutionary intellectual and leader Mzala Nxumalo, this book discusses the significance of his work in the context of contemporary South African left politics. It explo……続きを見る

Speaking to a broader global preoccupation with the state of languages and language development, this book considers issues surrounding the diverse languages, linguistic communities, and cultures of……続きを見る

West African history is inseparable from the history of the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism. According to historical archaeologist François Richard, however, the dominance of this narrative not……続きを見る

A Place That Matters Yet unearths the little-known story of Johannesburg's MuseumAfrica, a South African history museum that embodies one of the most dynamic and fraught stories of colonialism and p……続きを見る

How are we to explain the resurgence of customary chiefs in contemporary Africa? Rather than disappearing with the tide of modernity, as many expected, indigenous sovereigns are instead a rising for……続きを見る

"This ethnography is more like a film than a book, so well does Stoller evoke the color, sight, sounds, and movements of Songhay possession ceremonies."ー Choice "Stoller brilliantly recreates the r……続きを見る

Winner: Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Book Award, Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award Honorable Mention: Bourdieu Best Book Award Shortlisted: Barrington Moore Book Award, Philip Abrams Memorial Prize,……続きを見る

In scenes reminiscent of the apartheid era, 2021 saw South Africa's streets filled with mass protests. While the country is lauded for its peaceful transition to democracy with citizenship for all, ……続きを見る

When the Republic of Guinea gained independence in 1958, one of the first policies of the new state was a village-to-village eradication of masks and other ritual objects it deemed "fetishes." The D……続きを見る

Tropical Africa was one of the last regions of the world to experience formal European colonialism, a process that coincided with the advent of a range of new scientific specialties and research met……続きを見る

The ‘scramble for Africa’ is underway. British colonists control territory between the Zambezi and Cape Colony. Only Zululand remains independent. The threat of invasion is ever present, and thirty ……続きを見る

Winner of the 2024 Templeton Prize “The story of an almost unimaginable dialogue…an exploration of evil, innocence, and the gray spaces in between.”ーNew York Times “A startlingly personal account…w……続きを見る

Rhodes and his Banker is an account of the remarkable friendship between a larger-than-life historical figure and a modest, unassuming banker, both of whom were personally involved in all the major ……続きを見る

Suid-Afrika. Sê vir die dokter waar Jan van Riebeeck aan jou gevat het. Die beginpunt van al ons moderne kwale. Kom vang 'n joyride saam met my deur ons vreeslike geskiedenis, en beleef die ups en……続きを見る

In A World Where The Odds Are Stacked Against Him, One Man Defies Destiny. Walking into this life with a severe bleeding disorder, the fragility of Cobus Visser's body challenged the possibility of ……続きを見る

Catherine and Darius Brubeck’s 1983 move to South Africa launched them on a journey that helped transform jazz education. Blending biography with storytelling, the pair recount their time at the Uni……続きを見る

عانت إثيوبيا، التي كانت تُعرف قديمًا بالحبشة، من طمع العديد من الدول الكبرى التي حاولت بسط نفوذها عليها بسبب موقعها المتميز. وكان الصراع الاستعماري بين الدول الكبرى، وخاصة إيطاليا، أبرز ملامح تاريخ ……続きを見る

Formed in July 1940 for reconnaissance and intelligence gathering behind enemy lines, the Long Range Desert Group was the first British special force unit. In no time the LRDG earned itself an envia……続きを見る

Is it true that the trans-Atlantic slave trade, about which so much has been heard in recent years, would have been impossible without the willing and enthusiastic cooperation of African leaders? Sl……続きを見る

A timely history of the connections between science, segregation, and species in twentieth-century South Africa. Winner of the First Book Prize by the Royal Historical Society Throughout the twentie……続きを見る

In The Syndicate of Twenty-two Natives, Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo offers an elegy to her father, the late Professor Stan Sangweni, which explores the personal saga of a family’s lineage rooted in Zuka ……続きを見る

What happens when death becomes the ultimate marker of one’s commitment to one’s freedom? What happens when the opposite of freedom is not unfreedom but death, not slavery but mortality? How are we ……続きを見る

In "Beyond the Grave," Salatiso Mdeni embarks on a deeply personal journey of self-discovery, exploring the rich tapestry of Xhosa tradition, spirituality, and the complexities of ancestral venerati……続きを見る

The last of the nine Frontier Wars fought between 1799–1877 was in many ways a ‘prequel’ to the more famous Zulu War of 1879, featuring as it did many of the British regiments and personalities who ……続きを見る

In this remarkable work by seasoned scholar Lawrence Rosen, we follow the fascinating intellectual developments of four ordinary Moroccans over the span of forty years. Walking and talking with Haj ……続きを見る

Magersfontein is an iconic battle, fought during the South African War of 1899–1902, also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War. Over 30 years of research informs this book, the first source referenced……続きを見る