Avi - South Africa 1

Sob o sol de Johanesburgo: Mulheres negras e a luta do Movimento Negro Brasileiro contra o Apartheid (1977–1990), da professora doutora Fabiana Vieira da Silva, apresenta uma nova perspectiva sobre ……続きを見る

Nelson Mandela is well-known throughout the world as a heroic leader who symbolizes freedom and moral authority. He is fixed in the public mind as the world's elder statesman -- the gray-haired man ……続きを見る

This study of the armed wing of the African National Congress also "contributes significantly to scholarship on liberation movements more broadly."ーGary Baines, author of South Africa's Border War ……続きを見る

ELEVEN JESUITS SET OUT FOR THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA BY OX-WAGON IN APRIL I 879 ON A MISSION TO PREACH THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL TO THE PEOPLE BEYOND THE LIMPOPO RIVER; WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF, TH……続きを見る

"Burnham in real life is more interesting than any of my heroes." -Sir Rider Haggard In 1911, renown war correspondent Richard Davis (1864 –1916) published the book "Real Soldiers of Fortune," which……続きを見る

A sweeping memoir of family, identity, and the search for home across generations. When orphan girl Bertha Frank boards a ship to South Africa in 1937 to marry a stranger, she unknowingly echoes her……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a biographical account of the author's life and missionary travels in and around South Africa. First published in 1868, this volume offers a fascinating insight into South……続きを見る

This history by celebrated Africanist David Birmingham begins in 1820 with the Portuguese attempt to create a third, African, empire after the virtual loss of Asia and America. In the nineteenth cen……続きを見る

“Unforgettable. . . . An outstanding adventure in its lyrical, utterly compelling, and heartbreaking investigations of the world of diamond smuggling.” ーAimee Nezhukumatathil For nearly eighty year……続きを見る

This is the true story of David McCaughan’s exciting and amusing adventures as a young magistrate in Rhodesia between 1967 and 1978. He gives an insight to the training for and life on the judicial ……続きを見る

First Published in 1997. Can South African theatre continue to maintain its autonomy and exercise its critical role? Can one rethink form and find new content? Can a concept of post-protest theatre ……続きを見る

Fair Game tells the story of the Kruger's hidden history and heritage, from its establishment as the Sabi Reserve in 1898 to its eventual declaration as a national park, and beyond. It's an engrossi……続きを見る

Namaqualand is world famous for its annual wildflower displays, which bloom in haphazard profusion each Spring. But there's much more to Namaqualand than just 'daisies'. So, let's explore the unique……続きを見る

In "Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa," David Livingstone presents an enthralling account of his explorations in the uncharted heart of Africa during the mid-19th century. Blending v……続きを見る

In "A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries," the renowned explorer David Livingstone presents a captivating narrative that combines meticulous scientifi……続きを見る

Swaziland, a small country on the edge of Africa’s Great Escarpment, is a microcosm of African environments. It was the ideal laboratory where Dr David Price Williams and a team of scientists develo……続きを見る

South African born and bred, David Rattray's name is today synonymous with the Anglo-Zulu War. Now for the first time, his encyclopaedic knowledge is available to the reading public. With its magnif……続きを見る

A History of the End Conscription Campaign and its role as a white organisation opposing apartheid in South Africa. 続きを見る

The final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything. Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, a……続きを見る

Adolf Hitler, writing in Mein Kampf, was scathing in his condemnation of German propaganda in World War I, declaring that Germany failed to recognise that the mobilization of public opinion was a we……続きを見る

Zimbabwe @ 40 is a celebration of the country's four decades of independence and statehood. Forty years is a relatively short period in a nation's life, but it is a formative period: what lessons ca……続きを見る

Penguin Specials are designed to fill a gap. Written to be read over a long commute or a short journey, they are original and exclusively in digital form. This is Saul David's compelling examination……続きを見る

On 12 May 1883, the German flag was raised on the coast of South-West Africa, modern Namibia - the beginnings of Germany's African Empire. As colonial forces moved in , their ruthless punitive raids……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

The release of Nelson Mandela from twenty-seven years imprisonment in 1990 and the free elections which followed four years later were among the most dramatic events of the twentieth century. David ……続きを見る

The Zulu War of 1879 was the most brutal and controversial British imperial conflict of the 19th century. Saul David is presenting a programme on the subject which will be aired in October 2003. He ……続きを見る

This is book is a cameo of Len Hobson's memories of growing up in the 1930s, the early days of farming in the Karoo, his youthful exploits, his exposure to the poverty of the poor whites at that tim……続きを見る

Here is an idiosyncratic view of one of South Africa's loveliest districts. History is certainly revealed, but the book is much more than dry-as-dust fact and chronologies. The mountains and valleys……続きを見る

First published in 1906, this archaeological examination of the ruins of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia's pre-historic monument, asserted that it was African in origin, belonging to the medieval period. The aca……続きを見る