History Of Southern Africa

Author : Leonard Monteath Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300065428
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of South Africa written by Leonard Monteath Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reexamines the history of South Africa, traces the development of apartheid, and describes the anti-apartheid movement

Author : John D. Omer-Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780852550106
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Southern Africa written by John D. Omer-Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of South Africa. Includes information about Namibia and the native races.

Author : Amy McKenna Senior Editor, Geography and History
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 161530312X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Southern Africa written by Amy McKenna Senior Editor, Geography and History and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the history of southern Africa, including an overview of each of the countries that comprise that area of the continent.

Author : Kevin Shillington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Southern Africa written by Kevin Shillington and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thula Simpson
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1776095871
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of South Africa written by Thula Simpson and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2022 Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Best Non-Fiction Monograph South Africa was born in war, its growth has been marked by crises and ruptures, and it once again stands on a precipice. History of South Africa explores the country’s tumultuous journey from the aftermath of the Second Anglo-Boer War to the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on never-before-published documentary evidence – including diaries, letters, eyewitness testimony and diplomatic reports – the book follows the South African people through the battles, elections, repression, resistance, strikes, insurrections, massacres, economic crashes and health crises that have shaped the nation’s character. Tracking South Africa’s path from colony to Union and from apartheid to democracy, History of South Africa documents the influence of key figures including Pixley Seme, Jan Smuts, Lilian Ngoyi, H.F. Verwoerd, Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, P.W. Botha, Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa. The book gives detailed accounts of definitive events such as the 1922 Rand Revolt, the Defiance Campaign, Sharpeville, the Soweto uprising and the Marikana massacre. Looking beyond the country’s borders, it sheds light on the role of people such as Mohandas Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Fidel Castro and Margaret Thatcher, and unpacks military conflicts such as the World Wars, the armed struggle and the Border War. The book explores the transition to democracy and traces the phases of ANC rule, from the Rainbow Nation to transformation, state capture to ‘New Dawn’. It examines the divisive and unifying role of sport, the ups and downs of the economy, and the impact of pandemics from the Spanish flu to AIDS and COVID-19. With South Africa currently facing a crisis as severe as any in its history, the book shows that these challenges are neither unprecedented nor insurmountable, and that there are principles to be found in history that may lead us safely into the future.

Author : Gail Nattrass
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785903683
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of South Africa written by Gail Nattrass and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa is popularly perceived as the most influential nation in Africa – a gateway to an entire continent for finance, trade and politics, and a crucial mediator in its neighbours' affairs. On the other hand, post-Apartheid dreams of progress and reform have, in part, collapsed into a morass of corruption, unemployment and criminal violence. A Short History of South Africa is a brief, general account of the history of this most complicated and fascinating country – from the first evidence of hominid existence to the wars of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries that led to the establishment of modern South Africa, the horrors of Apartheid and the optimism following its collapse, as well as the prospects and challenges for the future. This readable and thorough account, illustrated with maps and photographs, is the culmination of a lifetime of researching and teaching the broad spectrum of South African history. Nattrass's passion for her subject shines through, whether she is elucidating the reader on early humans in the cradle of humankind, or describing the tumultuous twentieth-century processes that shaped the democracy that is South Africa today.

Author : N. E. Davis
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Southern Africa written by N. E. Davis and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1978 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of History of Southern Africa has been specially prepared to provide detailed coverage of the Southern African option in the new East African Certificate of Education syllabus.

Author : Piero Gleijeses
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469615762
Total Pages : 3488 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Piero Gleijeses' International History of the Cold War in Southern Africa, Omnibus E-Book written by Piero Gleijeses and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 3488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Omnibus E-Book brings together Piero Gleijeses's two landmark books for the first time: Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991 During the final fifteen years of the Cold War, southern Africa underwent a period of upheaval, with dramatic twists and turns in relations between the superpowers. Americans, Cubans, Soviets, and Africans fought over the future of Angola, where tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers were stationed, and over the decolonization of Namibia, Africa's last colony. Beyond lay the great prize: South Africa. Piero Gleijeses uses archival sources, particularly from the United States, South Africa, and the closed Cuban archives, to provide an unprecedented international history of this important theater of the late Cold War. Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976 This sweeping history of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 is based on unprecedented research in African, Cuban, and American archives. (Among Gleijeses's many sources are Cuban archival materials to which he is the only non-Cuban to ever have access.) Setting his story within the context of U.S. policy toward both Africa and Cuba during the Cold War, Gleijeses challenges the notion that Cuban policy in Africa was directed by the Soviet Union.

Author : Leroy Vail
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520074200
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa written by Leroy Vail and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991-01-07 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a quarter century of "nation building," most African states are still driven by ethnic particularism—commonly known as "tribalism." The stubborn persistence of tribal ideologies despite the profound changes associated with modernization has puzzled scholars and African leaders alike. The bloody hostilities between the tribally-oriented Zulu Inkhata movement and supporters of the African National Congress are but the most recent example of tribalism's tenacity. The studies in this volume offer a new historical model for the growth and endurance of such ideologies in southern Africa.

Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1615303987
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Southern Africa written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britannica Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of southern Africa is marked by both the convergence and divergence of diverse cultures. Clashes between European settlers and indigenous peoples throughout this section of the continent were common. At stake were rights to a wealth of natural resources and, as time went by, independence. This volume surveys the often volatile histories of each country in the region and introduces readers to the diversity of peoples that are an important element of each country’s past and future.