The thought-provoking essays in this volume show that it is possible to reconnect the histories of those who have been disconnected in Africa: shack dwellers, the poor, and the dispossessed. This anal
"Lusophone Africa is a pioneering, exceedingly well researched and well documented study of important aspects of Lusophone African cultural expression in their postcolonial social and political contex
Help your students explore the landforms, political divisions, natural resources, and culture of Africa! The 7 Continents: Africa helps students develop geography literacy while they learn about the u
"This book presents transcriptions of handwritten, generally untitled notes which Israel Goldblatt kept irregularly between 1961 and 1967 on his encounters and conversations with Namibian nationalists
An Oral and Documentary History of the Darfur Genocide presents the harrowing accounts of survivors and includes a collection of official documents delineating the international community's reaction
This book brings together a variety of studies that are engaged with notions of gender in different African localities, institutions and historical time periods. The objective is to expand empirical a
This well established series explores the culture and achievement of the civilisations of Greece and Rome. Designed specifically for students and teachers of Classical Civilisation at late school and
George McCall Theal (1837–1919) was a prolific South African historian and civil servant. After working as a missionary between 1875–1880 he was appointed magistrate of Tamacha before taking a position as a clerk in the government and became Keeper of the Cape Colony Archives. He was appointed Colonial Historiographer in 1891. These volumes, first published in 1907, contain Theal's detailed history of South Africa between 1505–1795. Theal discusses the formation of the colony from the first Portuguese conquests, exploring the Dutch colonial establishment and administration. Theal also describes the societies of the various indigenous peoples of South Africa and their relations with the colonists. This volume provides valuable details on the administration of the Dutch colony, and reveals contemporary attitudes to the ideas of history and colonisation. These volumes are reissued from the expanded 1910 edition.
In this striking volume, photojournalist Liebenberg has collected images he made during the late 1980s to document the final years of the so-called Border War between South Africa and liberation force
The sixteenth-century Mediterranean witnessed the expansion of both European and Middle Eastern civilizations, under the guises of the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman empire. Here, Andrew C. Hess c
The indigenous peoples of Africa are increasingly being dispossessed of their ancestral lands. It started during colonial times, when many of them lost their land to European settlers. It continues to
Mary Kingsley (1862–1900) is one of the best-known Victorian women travellers, whose solo adventures in West Africa made her a celebrity in England. This, her first book, published in 1897, was an instant best-seller. She travelled extensively, engaging in trade both to fund her trip and to get to know the African people, rather than merely observing as an outsider. She brought back quantities of natural specimens, three of which were named after her. On her return to England she was asked to give numerous lectures. Some of her views were considered controversial - she opposed the attempts by missionaries to impose European culture on native people, and defended polygamy and even slavery. Her observations and interests are wide-ranging, and she showed an acute and sympathetic understanding of West African culture and society. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=kingma
A exciting new series, Classical Diaspora addresses issues of national and ethnic identity within classical studies, reflecting the complex variety of the classical world's legacy in fields as various
