South Africa category: 561 books
A Place That Matters Yet
John Gubbins's MuseumAfrica in the Postcolonial World
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
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 postcolonialism, its life spanning the eras before, during, and after apartheid. Sara Byala, in examining...
The ANC's War against Apartheid
Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Liberation of South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
For nearly three decades, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), waged a violent revolutionary struggle against the apartheid state in South Africa. Stephen Davis works with extensive oral testimonies and the heroic myths that were constructed after 1994 to...
The Plains of Camdeboo
The Classic Book of the Karoo
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
The Karoo is a vast semi-desert region that extends across parts of the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This environmentally important area is the largest ecosystem in the country and is abundant in wildlife, vegetation, and ancient history. The Plains of Camdeboo is a celebration...
Field Gun Jack Versus The Boers
The Royal Navy in South Africa 1899-1900
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 1997
War broke out in 1899 between the British and South African settlers of Dutch descent, the Boers, or Afrikaners as they are usually called today. Despite previous clashes, the British seriously underestimated their opponents. Although dressed in battered civilian clothes and made up entirely of volunteers,...
Brothers in Arms
Hollanders in the Anglo-Boer War
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1899, a large number of Hollanders and Dutch expatriates joined the Boers, their reasons ranging from loyalty to their common ancestry to strong anti-British sentiments and a search for adventure. Brothers in Arms documents the trials and tribulations...
by A. Wilmot
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
First published in 1880. According to Wikipedia: "The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Following Lord Carnarvon's successful introduction of federation in Canada, it was thought that similar political effort, coupled with military campaigns, might succeed...
Who Is an African?
Race, Identity, and Destiny in Post-apartheid South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
The subject of race and identity is a burning issue which continues to occupy the attention not only of South Africans but also the wider residents of the continent of Africa and those who are Africans in the Diaspora. The outburst of xenophobic attacks against foreigners mostly of Black African origins...
by Jack Spence, David Welsh
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
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 Welsh and J. E. Spence here examine the complex forces which lay behind that drama. They chart...
Indentured
Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
“Why Zuma?” asked Atul Gupta. “We have close relations with everyone in the ANC. If Zuma is ever ousted, I can tell you for sure that the next one in line from the ANC would be close to us as well. We are ‘Banias', and we know how to keep our business interests protected,” Gupta added.A...
by Michael A. Reid, Zaire Reid
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
A Short Walk in a Long Journey is a story about an American election observer’s experience in the 1994 South African election. This election marked the beginning of democracy in South Africa with the election of Nelson Mandela as president. A Short Walk in a Long Journey is a non-fictional narrative,...
by Athol Fugard, Marianne McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
“A rare playwright who could be a primary candidate for either the Nobel Prize in Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize.”—The New YorkerThis new play about life and art by renowned playwright Athol Fugard is based on his early friendship with actor Andrew Huegonit, considered the finest...
Jan Smuts
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
‘A just biography of an important figure—political philosopher, soldier in three wars, scientist, statesman—Jan Smuts, who has played a long and decisive role in the formation and consolidation of South Africa. Masterful, energetic, intolerant, often highhanded, Smuts has never been a popular...
by Vernon W. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2014
Charles Wilson and his wife, Mabel Sarah had a small diamond claim in Klipdam when the Anglo-Boer War commenced in October 1899. The area was occupied by Boer Army soon after and eventually in December 1899, the family was forced to leave everything behind and move to The British Army controlled area...
Reinventing Hoodia
Peoples, Plants, and Patents in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2017
Native to the Kalahari Desert, Hoodia gordonii is a succulent plant known by generations of Indigenous San peoples to have a variety of uses: to reduce hunger, increase energy, and ease breastfeeding. In the global North, it is known as a natural appetite suppressant, a former star of the booming...