African History

First published in the late 1960s, this analysis investigates African National Congress history and policies. Covering the ruling South African Par...

Informative and portable, this guide offers a brief yet lively introduction to the Umkhonto we Sizwes (MK) history; the MK was the armed wing of th...

The new Jacana series of pocket guides is meant for those who are looking for a brief but lively introduction to a wide range of relevant topics of...

Focusing on television media reporting of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and its aftermath, this book explores how African states directly involved in...

Christo Brand was a South African farm boy, born into the Afrikaans culture which had created apartheid to persecute black people and claim superio...

On 27th May 1977, a small demonstration against the MPLA, the ruling party of Angola - led to the slaughter of thousands, if not tens of thousand...

Scientists, and their research, are often shaped by the prevailing social and political context at the time. Kuljian explores this trend in South A...

Along with inequality and unemployment, poverty is seen as South Africa's biggest challenge with over half of South Africans living below the natio...

Defence. Attack. Symbolism. The development of warfare in any society provides an evocative glance into the lives (and deaths) of our predecessors...