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Barbara Bush examines the debates on racism, race relations and citizenship during the inter-war period and their implications for the rest of the ... More

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In 1767, two "princes" of a ruling family in the port of Old Calabar, on the slave coast of Africa, were ambushed and captured by English slavers. ... More

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Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was a leading campaigner against slavery and the African slave trade. After graduating from St. John's College, Cambridge ... More

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British and South African relations from the Boer War to the present.

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This case study of the power struggle between politicians and generals for control of the strategic management of the South African War illuminates ... More

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The battle of iSandlwana was the single most destructive incident in the 150-year history of the British colonization of South Africa. In one bloody ... More

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First published in 1880, just a year after the titular conflict took place, this account by Frances Colenso (1849-87) of the 1879 war between British ... More

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Luka Jantjie is today a largely forgotten hero of resistance to British colonialism. His place in South African history has tended to be overshadowed ... More

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Battle Story

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The description of South Africa as a 'rainbow nation' has always been taken to embrace the black, brown and white peoples who constitute its ... More

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Mafeking, Colenso, Ladysmith and Spion Kop, battles won by the Boers against the might of the British Empire, still have a resonance a century on. ... More

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Between 1903 and 1913, an extensive public debate played itself out in the British press involving the self-governing dominions of the Empire. The ... More

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On 13 January 1942 hundreds of army and air force servicemen due to sail from Durban on the British troopship City of Canterbury refused to board the ... More

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How Can Man Die Better is a fresh and unique analysis of the Battle of Isandlwana of the weapons, the tactics, the ground, and of the intriguing ... More

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European and African works have found it difficult to move past the image of Africa as a place of exotica and relentless brutality. This book ... More

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The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military and unexpectedly exposed the corrupt underside of imperialism - in the establishment of the ... More

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On 22 January 1879 a 20,000-strong Zulu army attacked 1,700 British and colonial forces. This engagement at Isandlwana remains one of the most ... More

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The forces of the independent Zulu kingdom inflicted a crushing defeat on British imperial forces at Isandlwana in January 1879. The Zulu army was ... More

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The British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War I was tiny by the standards of the other belligerent powers. Yet, when deployed to France ... More

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This book takes a unique look at the first Boer war by concentrating on the events and battles of the First Boer War. Due attention is also given to ... More

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