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In this riveting new book, John Laband, pre-eminent historian of the Zulu Kingdom, tackles some of the questions that swirl around the assassination in 1828 of King Shaka, the celebrated founder of ……続きを見る

In die vroeë 1940's het die charismatiese Hans van Rensburg duisende volgelinge na die Ossewabrandwag gelok en die regering van Jan Smuts gekonfronteer oor sy deelname aan die Tweede Wêreldoorlog. O……続きを見る

The Jameson Raid of 1895–1896 was a pivotal moment in the history of South Africa, linking events from the Anglo-Boer War to the declaration of the Union of South Africa in 1910 and the advent of ap……続きを見る

Cold War Liberation examines the African revolutionaries who led armed struggles in three Portuguese coloniesーAngola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissauーand their liaisons in Moscow, Prague, East Berli……続きを見る

Liz and Mike Wickins' book Whispers from the Depths ... The Kariba Story is more than just the story of the building of the Kariba Dam in the mid-1950s. Built in just five years against overwhelming……続きを見る

"Yes you have beaten us; you had the best guns, but we have the best men...But we’ll fight again in two or three years’ time." – Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande (who led the Zulu at Rorke’s Drift) On 22……続きを見る

This edited volume encompasses a range of themes and approaches relevant to the field of South African history today, as viewed from the perspective of practicing historians at the cutting edge of r……続きを見る

A fascinating study that shows how the intersection of technology and politics has shaped South African history since the 1960s. This book details the development of an interconnected technological ……続きを見る

North Africa and the Desert Scenes and Moods is a travelogue and collection of essays written by American author and poet George Edward Woodberry. The book, published in 1901, details Woodberry's tr……続きを見る

Twenty Years Around the World is an autobiography written by John Guy Vassar and published in 1891. Vassar was a wealthy American businessman who spent two decades traveling the world, visiting coun……続きを見る

The war between Great Britain and two small South African Boer (Afrikaner) Republicsーthe South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State- occurred at the end of the nineteenth century.……続きを見る

Rights and Responsibilities in Rural South Africa examines the gendered and generational conflicts surrounding social change in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape roughly twenty years after the end o……続きを見る

As a white man walking solo across South Africa for 1,708 miles, Nico de Klerk's unannounced arrival at more than 100 townships (segregated areas of Black population post-apartheid) with no pre-arra……続きを見る

Een shakespeareaans drama over liefde, revolutie en vergiffenis. In dit majestueuze boek ontrafelt Jonny Steinberg het baanbrekende huwelijk tussen Nelson Mandela en Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Het w……続きを見る

From Commonwealth Book Prize Shortlisted Author Bridget Pitt A Zulu foundling and a white missionary’s child raised as brothers in a world intent on making them enemies. A sweeping tale of identity,……続きを見る

Alluring Opportunities examines the lives of African laborers in the tourism industry in the Portuguese colony of Mozambique and the social ascension that many of these workers achieved in spite of ……続きを見る

"I and my Hottentots have killed eight hundred elephants." -Charles Andersson "Trodden on by elephants, ripped up by the horn of a rhinoceros, suffering hunger and thirst, our author has survived al……続きを見る

Удивительно, но древняя египетская земля до сих пор хранит неизвестные науке пирамиды, гробницы, города и храмы. Авторы, многие годы посвятившие археологическим раскопкам, знакомят читателей с важне……続きを見る

Read the true story behind the movie Breaker Morant, written by George Witton the only surviving soldier of those sentenced to death for war atrocities. During the Boer War in South Africa, Australi……続きを見る

In the timber plantations in northeastern South Africa, laborers work long hours among tall, swaying lines of eucalypts, on land once theirs. In 2008, at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, timber co……続きを見る

"Nelson Mandela: A Legacy of Courage and Freedom" is a powerful and inspiring portrayal of one of the most iconic figures in modern history, Nelson Mandela. This description captures the essence of ……続きを見る

An Age of Hubris is the first comprehensive overview of the impact of missionary enterprise on the Xhosa chiefdoms of South Africa in the first half of the nineteenth century, chronicling a world pu……続きを見る

South Africa's history stretches back to the beginnings of human existence. This book provides an overview to South Africa's multiple millennia of history, covering its long and often troubled past ……続きを見る

Ek is ʼn Afrikaner......ek is ʼn Boer........ek is ʼn Boere-Afrikaner..... ek is Afrikaans..... ek is ʼn Suid-Afrikaner...... ons is Afrikaanses.......en so gaan die debat voort! Die BOEREBOEK handel in……続きを見る

One of the biggest challenges in the study of history is the unreliable nature of traditional archival sources which omit histories of marginalised groups. This book makes the case that quantitative……続きを見る

“Lord Chelmsford is not a bad man. He is industrious and conscientious so far as his lights guide him. But nature has refused to him the qualities of a great captain. He has suffered much and is ent……続きを見る

‘Amidst all this talk of racial capitalism and abolition, there is one thinker we should all be reading: Neville Alexander. He is a revolutionary intellectual for our times and for our planet. For a……続きを見る

Apartheid's Festival highlights the conflicts and debates that surrounded the 1952 celebration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of Jan Van Riebeeck and the founding of Cape Town, South Africa……続きを見る

This vivid military history explores two pivotal battles in the 19th century war between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. The battle of Isandlwana on January, 22nd, 1879 was one of the most ……続きを見る

This military study examines the evolution of the Rhodesian armed services during the complex conflicts of the Cold War era. Through the 1960s and 1970s, Africa endured a series of conflicts involvi……続きを見る