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Moenie verwag dat hierdie stories enigsins gaan wees soos die geskiedenis wat jy op skool of universiteit geleer het nie. Max du Preez sit die mense, die karakters, terug in die geskiedenis. Oor kry……続きを見る

Kaffir (Xhosa) Folk Tales by Georg McCall Theal "[A collection of folklore from the Kaffir people of South Africa.] By the 15th century, the word kafir/kuffir was used by Muslims in Africa to r……続きを見る

Few travellers through the relentless expanse of the Karoo take in much beyond the band of tar stretching arrow-straight ahead of them through the endlessness. Yet this ancient land hides a treasure……続きを見る

J.W. Carter's history of the African American Buffalo Soliders who fought during the American Civil War. 続きを見る

From my Hilltop – a living history of South Africa Narrated by Professor A. Marula By Stan Daneman Professor Marula’s story… From my hill top I have looked down on the living history of South Africa……続きを見る

The history of southern Africa is marked by both the convergence and divergence of diverse cultures. Clashes between European settlers and indigenous peoples throughout this section of the continent……続きを見る

Depending on their master, slaves were punished relentlessly to keep them in line. This led to many slave rebellions and uprisings that were never duly reported in history. It was a slave's curse to……続きを見る

Nelson Mandela led a long and remarkable life. From his earliest days herding cows in a South African village, he became a child of privilege, a rebellious runaway, an impoverished student, a father……続きを見る

The concession to mine gold at Tati was granted to a British baronet, Sir John Swinburne, by Lobengula, last king of the Matabele. Although called by colonial imperialists as a "savage king" and a "……続きを見る

How can we account for the apparent increase in ethnic violence across the globe? Donald L. Donham develops a methodology for understanding violence that shows why this question needs to be recast. ……続きを見る

He was a son of Africa who became father to a nation and, for billions of people around the world, a beacon of hope, courage, and perseverance in the face of opposition. Now, acclaimed poet Maya Ang……続きを見る

This is the first collection of its kind. It presents a critical political economy of the agrarian question in post-apartheid South Africa, informed by the results of research undertaken since the t……続きを見る

In Improvising Medicine, Julie Livingston tells the story of Botswana's only dedicated cancer ward, located in its capital city of Gaborone. This affecting ethnography follows patients, their relati……続きを見る

As a boy growing up in 1970s Johannesburg Mark Gevisser would play 'Dispatcher', a game that involved sitting in his father's parked car (or in the study) and sending imaginary couriers on routes ac……続きを見る

The South Africa Reader is an extraordinarily rich guide to the history, culture, and politics of South Africa. With more than eighty absorbing selections, the Reader provides many perspectives on t……続きを見る

This book explores women’s militant activities in insurgent wars and seeks to understand what women ‘do’ in wars. In International Relations, inter-state conflict, anti-state armed insurgency and ar……続きを見る

The most important football story ever told. `It is amazing to think that a game that people take for granted all around the world, was the very same game that gave a group of prisoners sanity – and……続きを見る

Mid-1950s Colonial Service in Wankie, Rhodesia Funny, Touching and a Bit of Wacky Wankie History Letters from Wankie is a unique, true story based on the collection of some 500 air letters th……続きを見る

The history of colonial land alienation, the grievances fuelling the liberation war, and post-independence land reforms have all been grist to the mill of recent scholarship on Zimbabwe. Yet for all……続きを見る

First Published in 1968. This is a two volumes-in-one collection of documents and official materials that illustrate the process of the South African consolidation. The selection is based on the aut……続きを見る

On 26th July 2015, Chris Froome entered the record books. He won cycling's ultimate race - the Tour de France - for the second time. Taking a double Yellow Jersey was a staggering achievement. This ……続きを見る

Twenty years after the end of apartheid, a new generation is building a multiracial democracy in South Africa but remains mired in economic inequality and political conflict. The death of Nelson Man……続きを見る

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre Ils sont Israéliens et ils le crient. Avec leurs lots de joies, de peines, de colères et de blessures. Dans cet éternel champ de ……続きを見る

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre Le Rwanda est un mystère. Il y a vingt ans, en avril 1994, un effroyable génocide s’y déroulait, révélant au monde l’envers d’une……続きを見る

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to investigate more than thirty years of human rights violations under apartheid. Jillian Edelstein returned to her native South Africa to pho……続きを見る

South Africas democratic transformation in 1994 captured the attention of the international community. Politics: South Africa provides an acute appraisal of the critical moments in the history of So……続きを見る

Account of the Boer War, first published in 1902. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fic……続きを見る

History of the Boer War, by the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, first published in 1902. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL (22 May 1859 7 July 1930) was a Scottish p……続きを見る

There were many motivations for the Police walk undertaken in 1999/2000 not the least of which were personal and selfish. However the mugging of Roger Russell, the attempt on his life and theft of a……続きを見る

Highlights from South Africa's first twenty years of freedom, from Nelson Mandela's inauguration to the 2010 World Cup. A timeline of events augmented by Sunday Times coverage.続きを見る