South Africa category: 561 books

“Opsaal! Opsaal! Maak jou buikgord stewig vas, spring op jou perd en galop saam met my deur die verlede op ʼn historiese avontuur saam met dapper manne, verkenners, manhaftige ruiters en vierpotige helde.” Hierdie is die verhaal van Fleur, die getroue perd van genl. Christiaan de Wet,...

Hierdie is die verhaal van Bokkie, die legendariese perd van genl. Koos de la Rey, soos vertel uit die perd se eie bek. “ʼn Pragtige oorspronklike verhaal, sensitief en met deernis geskryf.” Professor Fransjohan Pretorius. Die reeks is opgedra aan al die onbesonge perdehelde waarvan 500 000 tydens...

Die verhaal speel af in die Anglo-Boereoorlog. Dit besing nie groot helde nie, vertel eerder die storie van gewone mense, hulle stryd, waagmoed en vindingrykheid. Die karakters is nie net gewone bugers nie. Hulle was opgeleide beroepsoldate, geskoold in strydkuns en spioenasie deur die Staatsartillerie....

“Saddle up! Saddle up! Jump onto your horse, tighten the reins and gallop with me on a historical adventure. You’ll meet brave men, observant scouts, courageous riders and four-hooved heroes.” This is the story of Fleur, General Christiaan de Wet’s faithful steed, told straight from...

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 colonisation manipulatrice, où tout fut mis en oeuvre pour faire s’affronter...

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 bataille qu’est leur petite terre tant convoitée depuis des millénaires, les citoyens...

First published in 1948, renowned British Empire historian Coupland describes, with swift and vivid strokes, the situation between whites and blacks, the great military qualities and terrifying military tactics of the Zulu warriors and the characters of the Englishmen, soldiers and politicians, involved...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. The story of my long tramp with the Guards' Brigade was in part told through a series of letters that appeared in The Methodist Recorder, The Methodist Times, and other papers. The first portion of that series...

Relations between Western nations and their colonial subjects changed dramatically in the second half of the twentieth century. As nearly all of the West’s colonies gained their independence by 1975, attitudes toward colonialism in the West also changed, and terms such as empire and colonialism,...

pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. Adolfo Rodriguez was the only son of a Cuban farmer, who lived nine miles outside of Santa Clara, beyond the hills that surround that city to the north.

On March 21, 1990, Sam Nujoma was sworn in as the first president of independent Namibia. This ceremony marked the end of a struggle that lasted more than two decades and a period of colonialism that lasted more than a century. Finally, after decades long wars over grazing in the 19th century, genocidal...

Lesotho and Democratic System Type. Lesotho is a state party to a number of major international conventions, declarations and treaties relating to democracy and political participation. At international level, these instruments include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966,...

This is the first book to provide a comparative exploration of the gendered and sexual body in Mozambican literature, engaging with the work of six authors spanning different generations, styles and aesthetics. The study begins by providing a detailed and innovative survey of the dynamics of gender,...

Power is embodied in a Crown or in a Stool. One of the earliest Akan Empires was formed by Denkyira whose skills in statesmanship and governance was surpassed by none and to be copied by latter Empires such as the Asanti Empire. The Denkyira Empire controlled the whole of the Akan states led by their...