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White Supremacy Confronted: U.S. Imperialism and Anti-Communisim vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, from Rhodes to Mandela by Gerald Horne 9780717808502
RRP: £49.99£35.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780717808502Author Gerald HorneFormat HardbackPage Count 892Imprint International PublishersPublisher International PublishersWeight(grams) 1275g -
South Africa's agrarian question by Hubert Cochet 9780796925121
RRP: £25.95£21.44Based on an in-depth analysis of several contrasting agricultural regions, this book aims to assess South Africa's on-going agrarian reform and the country's agrarian dynamics. The conclusion is without doubt: Twenty years after the first democratic... -
The Gospel in Zululand: 1844-1944 by Norwegian Lutheran Church of America 9781019361764
RRP: £26.95£22.88Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Collapse of Apartheid and the Dawn of Democracy in South Africa, 1993 by John C. Eby 9781469633169
RRP: £29.95£24.13This game situates students in the Multiparty Negotiating Process taking place at the World Trade Center in Kempton Park in 1993. South Africa is facing tremendous social anxiety and violence. The object of the talks, and of the game, is to reach... -
Community, Self and Identity: Educating South African University Students for Citizenship by Brenda Leibowitz 9780796923981
RRP: £22.95£18.72Education in South Africa is in crisis. Low literacy and numeracy rates, poor discipline, and a sense of despair pervade the education landscape. At the same time, educators are called upon to achieve more, with universities tasked to produce graduates... -
Sol Plaatje: A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, 1876-1932 by Brian Willan 9780813942094
RRP: £38.95£32.95While the story of modern South Africa has long captured global attention, the story of one of its key forefathers has been eclipsed by those of more iconic political figures. In Sol Plaatje: A Life, Brian Willan restores to history the importance of a... -
The road to democracy (1980-1990) by South African Democracy Education Trust 9781868885015
RRP: £86.00£70.08Two enduring challenges in South African historiography are addressed by this group of committed scholars from SADET. The Road to Democracy in South Africa: Volume 4 [1980-1990] firstly addresses the muted voices of largely unpublished black scholars,... -
Race, class and power: Harold Wolpe and the radical critique of apartheid by Steven Friedman 9781869142865
RRP: £34.95£28.78Over four decades ago, radical scholars began to suggest a new way of looking at South African society, one that blamed the economic power of those who owned property for the racial bondage of the black majority. Their work, and the debates it triggered,... -
Mandela & Mbeki: The hero and the outsider by Lucky Mathebe 9781868886609
RRP: £36.95£30.77Mandela & Mbeki: The Hero and the Outsider presents a comparative historical study of the narrative of Mandela and Mbeki and its grip on the South African imagination. A persistent theme among historical narratives of South African presidential... -
Out of history: Re-imagining South Africans pasts by Jung Ran Forte 9780796925152
RRP: £21.95£17.94Out of History brings together exciting and innovative work in History and the Humanities. Drawing upon papers which have been presented at the South African Contemporary History and Humanities Seminar at the University of the Western Cape, the book... -
A Critical History of Southern Rhodesia by Gardner Thompson 9781685859886
RRP: £81.00£66.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685859886Author Gardner ThompsonFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint Lynne Rienner PublishersPublisher Lynne Rienner Publishers -
Beatnik: Going to College in Durban, South Africa by Mark Poynter 9781076577740
RRP: £5.95£5.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781076577740Author Mark PoynterFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)... -
At Home with Apartheid: The Hidden Landscapes of Domestic Service in Johannesburg by Rebecca Ginsburg 9780813928883
RRP: £33.95£27.99Despite their peaceful, bucolic appearance, the tree-lined streets of South African suburbia were no refuge from the racial tensions and indignities of apartheid's most repressive years. In At Home with Apartheid, Rebecca Ginsburg provides an intimate... -
Against the world: South Africa and Human Rights at the United Nations, 1945-1961 by Jeremy Brown Shearar 9781868885985
RRP: £36.95£30.37'Against the World' maps South Africa's journey to increasing isolation in the United Nations, from a respected member in 1945 to a 'pariah' in the early 1960s, owing to the apartheid policy of separate development. The book reveals how South Africa... -
A taste of bitter almonds: Perdition and promise in South Africa by Michael Schmidt 9781928246060
RRP: £21.95£17.941994 symbolised the triumphal defeat of almost three and a half centuries of racial separation since the Dutch East India Company planted a bitter almond hedge to keep indigenous people out of 'their' Cape outpost in 1659. But for the majority of people... -
Touched by Biko: The Interviews by Andile M-Afrika 9781868889792
RRP: £20.95£17.17Touched by Biko: The interviews by Andile M-Afrika investigates the lives of key men and women who were part of Biko's political sphere. It reveals common traits in the lives of the young black thinkers who were university students in the 1960s and 1970s... -
South Africa's High Treason Club: The White Separatist Boeremag Conspirators on Trial by Karin Mitchell 9781476678832
£50.47In the early 2000s, a few years after becoming a democracy, South Africa saw the rise of a white separatist militia known as the Boeremag. In the early 2000s, they devised a coup, and bombs started exploding across the country. This book chronicles the... -
The development of competition law and economics in South Africa by Kasturi Moodaliyar 9780796924049
RRP: £38.95£31.95This is an important and timely contribution to the rapidly growing field of competition law in South Africa. While the South African competition authorities have established an enviable local and international profile for their work, there is a need for... -
The praises of Dingana by David K. Rycroft 9780869806296
RRP: £16.95£14.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780869806296Author David K. RycroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint University of KwaZulu-Natal PressPublisher University of KwaZulu-Natal Press -
The Secret Thread: Personal Journeys Beyond Apartheid by Deborah Ewing 9781868889044
RRP: £24.95£20.26The Secret Thread is a strand of human history connecting people across barriers created by apartheid. It is a thread that drew people together, forcing them to face painful realities. It runs through the informal settlements, townships, suburbs and... -
The Black and White Rainbow: Reconciliation, Opposition, and Nation-Building in Democratic South Africa by Carolyn Holmes 9780472074631
RRP: £64.00£51.81Nation-building imperatives compel citizens to focus on what makes them similar and what binds them together, forgetting what makes them different. Democratic institution building, on the other hand, requires fostering opposition through conducting... -
Rethinking reconciliation: Evidence from South Africa by Kate Lefko-Everett 9780796925541
RRP: £25.95£21.44South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994 heralded the end of more than forty years of apartheid. The Government of National Unity started the process of bringing together this deeply divided society principally through the establishment of the... -
The ANC's early years: Nation, class and place in South Africa before 1940 by Peter Limb 9781868885299
RRP: £48.95£40.88At a time when African National Congress-alliance politics are again prominent in South Africa, this nuanced study of the intersection of class and African national forces in the history of Africa's oldest national liberation movement helps explain the... -
Christianity and the Colonisation of South Africa, 1487-1883 v. 1: A Documentary History by Charles Villa-Vicencio 9781868883998
RRP: £49.95£41.08The initial religious encounters between settlers in southern Africa and the indigenous inhabitants entailed the establishment of settler churches and the relationships with their home countries. However, this era saw little by way of the spread of... -
Searching for South Africa: The new calculus of dignity by Shereen Esof 9781868885787
RRP: £26.95£21.81The fifteen years from 1994 to 2009 have seen unprecedented change in the Republic of South Africa. The contributors to Searching for South Africa set out to test the legitimacy and utility of this general consensus. The authors actively refuse to travel... -
Drinking with ghosts: Revisiting apartheid's dirty war by Michael Schmidt 9781928246008
RRP: £25.95£21.04Drinking with Ghosts: Revisiting Apartheid's Dirty War is a fascinating exploration of the dark corners of South Africa's past by a veteran journalist. Michael Schmidt's revelations move from South Africa's nuclear programme under apartheid to the... -
Travelling Light by Paul Weinberg 9781869140564
RRP: £49.95£41.08The photographic journey begins in the streets of Jo'burg in the late 1970's and ends in the rural and desert landscapes of the millennium. It is not a political A to Z or a documentary of our political past, but an observation of the lives of ordinary... -
Because they chose the plan of God: The story of the Bulhoek Massacre of 24 May 1921 by Robert Edgar 9781868885442
RRP: £23.95£19.49On the morning of 24 May 1921, a force of 800 white policemen and soldiers marched to a place called Bulhoek, about 25 kilometres southwest of Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. The white government had instructed them to confront an African prophet, Enoch... -
Steve Biko by Derek Hook 9780796924315
RRP: £21.95£17.94TheVoices of Liberation series celebrates the lives and writings of South African and African liberation activists and heroes. The human, social and literary contexts presented in this series have a critical resonance and bearing on where we come from,... -
State of the nation: South Africa 2012-2013: Addressing inequality and poverty by Jonathan D. Jansen 9780796924223
RRP: £22.95£19.72State of the Nation: South Africa 2012-2013 offers 32 diverse angles on poverty and inequality in contemporary South Africa in one compelling and comprehensive collection. Five sections dealing with politics, economics, society, health and environment... -
Gandhi and South Africa: Perspectives and prospects by Judith M. Brown 9780869809174
RRP: £13.95£11.76On Pietermaritzburg station in 1893 a young Indian lawyer, newly arrived in South Africa, was ejected from a train to Pretoria for insisting on his right to travel first class. It was to the cold night hours spent in the waiting room that Gandhi himself... -
The Politics of Necessity: Community Organizing and Democracy in South Africa by Elke Zuern 9780299250140
RRP: £29.95£21.23In September 1997, a visually impaired woman named Patty was raped by an intruder in her home in Madison, Wisconsin. The rookie detective assigned to her case came to doubt Patty's account and focused the investigation on her. Using pressure and lies, he... -
Momentum: On Recent South African Writing by Margaret J. Daymond 9780869803776
RRP: £11.95£10.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780869803776Author Margaret J. DaymondFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint University of KwaZulu-Natal PressPublisher University of KwaZulu-Natal Press -
Letters.regarding the Absence of Considertion in Our Present Form of Government for Our Coloured Population (1906) Book 2 by Joseph Baynes 9780869808788
RRP: £16.95£14.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780869808788Author Joseph BaynesFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint University of KwaZulu-Natal PressPublisher University of KwaZulu-Natal Press -
The other side of freedom: Stories of hope and loss in the South African liberation struggle, 1950-1994 by Gregory F. Houston 9780796925572
RRP: £21.95£17.94After more than twenty years of democracy in South Africa, the history of the liberation struggle is losing relevance in the national consciousness as the country grapples with the pressing challenges of poverty,inequality and unemployment. Nevertheless,... -
My Chief and I by Frances E. Colenso 9780869808863
RRP: £13.95£11.76After the so-called Langalibalele rebellion of 1873, Colonel Anthony William Durnford was blamed for the loss of three colonists at the Bushmans River Pass. In this book, written under a male pseudonym, the author sought to vindicate the action of the... -
Gender Equity in South African Education 1994-2004: Conference Proceedings by Jean September 9780796920942
RRP: £16.95£14.08Gender Equity in South African Education, 1994 - 2004 will provide readers with an overview of the progress of achieving gender equity in post-apartheid South African Education. The book brings together the leading South African and international experts... -
To Bind the Nation: Solomon KaDinuzulu and Zulu Nationalism 1913-1933 by Nicholas Cope 9780869808887
RRP: £18.95£15.62Solomon, Zulu king from 1913 to 1933, devoted himself to fostering Zulu unity and instilling an enduring sense of nationhood. Particularly important was his central position in the first Inkatha organization which was founded in 1924 and did not outlive... -
A Lecture on the Natives in the Larger Towns (1918): Notes on Natal (1917) by J.S. Marwick 9780869809020
RRP: £16.95£14.08J. S. Marwick became, in 1916, the first manager for the Durban Municipal Native Affairs Department. He was responsible for the implementation of what came to be known as the ""Durban System"" of urban African administration, which... -
White Rule in South Africa 1830-1910 by Edgar H. Brookes 9780869800317
RRP: £26.95£22.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780869800317Author Edgar H. BrookesFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint University of KwaZulu-Natal PressPublisher University of KwaZulu-Natal Press