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Achille Mbembe is one of the most brilliant theorists of postcolonial studies writing today. In On the Postcolony he profoundly renews our understanding of power and subjectivity in Africa. In a series of provocative essays, Mbembe contests diehard Africanist and nativist perspectives as well as some...

Lesotho is rather different from most other African countries. For starters, it is a kingdom, which preserves a traditional hierarchy and customs, and its population consists of one fairly homogenous ethnic group, although admittedly there are differences and occasional rifts within it. Then, it is...

A former Africa editor for The Economist, Robert Guest addresses the troubled continent's thorniest problems: war, AIDS, and above all, poverty. Newly updated with a preface that considers political and economic developments of the past six years, The Shackled Continentis engrossing, highly readable,...

“In this densely detailed and interpretatively nuanced study, Mahmud Modibbo Tukur lays bare the very foundations of the colonial state in what is now northern Nigeria. This is a must read for anyone wanting to understand the foundations of contemporary Nigeria and how we came to be what we are.”...

Boer Boy is the touching true story of a ten-year- old farm boy’s traumatic but fascinating experiences during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. When Charles du Preez and his father were discovered hiding in the mountains of their eastern Free State farm, they were taken prisoner by the English and...

This book records a little known portion of South African history in the period 1737 to 1840. It tells the story of a revival in the Moravian Church at Genadendal in the Cape province in South Africa. At the time of the publication of the first printed edition of this book in 2007 the late Dr Martin...

As General Patton once said, “The Boers? Those sons of bitches fight for the hell of it." The reputation of the Boer is not entirely unearned. At a time when South Africa was a place inhabited by the toughest of men, only those who lived in the saddle with a gun in their hands could possibly...

Rorke's Drift in 1879 is undoubtedly the most famous of Britain's imperial battles. With South Africa becoming a more popular tourist destination, never has there been a better time to visit this iconic battlefield and trace the steps of the red-coated heroes who fought against overwhelming odds,...

Cruel, backward, isolationist, and fanatically religious—or independent, resourceful, principled, and courageous? This book is about the Boers of the Transvaal; it is about how they were formed, their relentless territorial expansion at the expense of indigenous groups in both the Cape Colony and...

Both a riveting courtroom drama and a real-life thriller, A Just Defiance tells the story of four young black South Africans who were arrested for a string of political murders in 1987. In gripping prose, Peter Harris—the white lawyer who defended the men—describes how he came to understand, while...

This work is mainly an editorial compilation of excerpts from different authors, yours truly included. As such, I do not claim original authorship of some of the content. I want to thank Prof Simon Ehiabhi, Mr. Iseribhor Okhueleigbe, Mr. Sylvester Omosun, Dr. Ayodele Akinrinwale and Dr. Tamuno Takena...

Of interest to general and academic markets Will be relevant to a range of disciplines including West-African studies, Religious studies, Womens studies and Education studies Discusses the life and contribution of a figure of increasing importance in women's studies and the development...

The story of a once promising young musician, this autobiography demonstrates how Roger Lucey’s life journey was radically changed by the South African apartheid. Having performed songs that reflected upon the cruelty and violence of late 1970s South Africa, Lucey drew unwanted attention from the...

In a world of outright denial and selective amnesia and of complex financial transactions designed to confuse, obfuscate, and hide the spoils, this book unravels one of South Africa’s biggest cover-ups. This account tackles the shady financial dealings—a fraud that in today’s terms amounts to...