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1	Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela more books like this by Nelson Mandela add to wishlist Since his release from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most potent moral leader since Gandhi. As president of the ANC and head of the anti-apartheid movement, he has been instrumental in moving South Africa toward black-majority rule. Throughout the world he is revered as a vital force in the fight for human rights and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman more books like this by Marjorie Shostak (Photographer) add to wishlist Through a series of interviews that span several decades, this title follows a Kung woman named Nisa through childhood, puberty, sexual awakening, marriage, and motherhood, as she learns much about life in Africa's Kalahari Desert. see all copies from $5.44! new only from $20.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa more books like this by Antjie Krog, Charlayne Hunter-Gault (Foreword by) add to wishlist This study of South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation Commission is by an Afrikaans poet. It examines the unique effort to deal with the horrors of apartheid through a process of public truth telling and national healing. The TRC is being looked at as an option that other nations can follow in assigning responsibility for crimes against humanity. see all copies from $3.69! new only from $9.59! \| SVS
4	A History of South Africa: Third Edition more books like this by Leonard L Thompson add to wishlist A leading scholar of South Africa provides a fresh and penetrating exploration of that country's history, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present, focusing primarily on the experiences of its black inhabitants. For this third edition, Leonard Thompson adds two new chapters that describe the transfer of power and the ... see all copies from $5.24! new only from $10.35! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation more books like this by John Carlin add to wishlist Carlin pens this thrilling, inspiring account of one of the greatest charm offensives in history--Nelson Mandela's decade-long campaign to unite his country, beginning in his jail cell and ending with a rugby tournament. see all copies from $3.74! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa more books like this by Martin Meredith add to wishlist Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced first upon the worlds richest deposits of diamonds, and then upon its richest deposits of gold. What followed was a titanic struggle between ... see all copies from $2.79! new only from $7.56! \| first editions \| SVS
7	No Future Without Forgiveness more books like this by Professor Desmond Tutu add to wishlist Desmond Tutu, who has worked rigorously on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has put together his hard-earned thoughts on the nature of forgiveness and reconciliation in this story of South Africa's post-apartheid healing. Without any saccharine formulas, his tempered work maintains humanistic ideals for moving forward. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Boer War more books like this by Thomas Pakenham add to wishlist The war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 gave the British, as Kipling said, no end of a lesson'. The public expected it to be over by Christmas, but it proved to be the longest (two and three-quarter years), the costliest (over 200 million), the bloodiest (at least 22,000 British, 25,000 Boer and 12,000 African lives) and the most ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.32! \| first editions
9	African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe more books like this by Doris May Lessing add to wishlist Writing inspired by four visits to Zimbabwe, her childhood home, from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007, Doris Lessing. n the 1980s and early 1990s, Doris Lessing made several visits to her homeland, Zimbabwe, a country from which she had been banned for twenty-five years for her opposition to the government of what was then white ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Lost World of the Kalahari more books like this by Laurens Van Der Post add to wishlist An account of the author's grueling, but ultimately successful, journey in 1957, through Africa's remote, primitive Kalahari Desert, in search of the legendary Bushmen, the hunters who pray to the great hunters in the sky. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Journey to the Vanished City: The Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel more books like this by Tudor Parfitt add to wishlist This is a description of an often hazardous journey across Africa to solve the mystery of the Lemba people, who claim to be a lost Jewish tribe from a fabled city called Sena, and who sought the author's help in tracing their origins. As the story unfolds it becomes clear that this is an expedition not only through unfrequented territory, but also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.55! \| first editions
12 view cover	Brave Men's Blood: The Epic of the Zulu War, 1879 more books like this by Ian Knight add to wishlist One of the most comprehensive accounts of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War ever published, "Brave Men's Blood" is also the best illustrated. The result of years of research in Britain, South Africa, France, the USA and Australia, it includes 270 contemporary illustrations integrated with text providing a concise history of the Zulu state and the causes of ... see all copies from $3.85! new only from $21.44! \| first editions
13 view cover	For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator more books like this by Richard J Goldstone, Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor (Foreword by) add to wishlist These memoirs by the jurist credited with assisting the peaceful transition of power in post-apartheid South Africa also recall his work as chief prosecutor on the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia. The recurring theme throughout is the search for justice and accountability for crimes against humanity. see all copies from $16.60! new only from $73.36! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The harmless people more books like this by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas add to wishlist On the basis of field trips in the 1980s, Thomas has now updated her book to show what happened to the Bushmen as the tide of industrial civilization-with its flotsam of property rights, wage labor, and alcohol-swept over them. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.56! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Africa House: The True Story of an English Gentleman and His African Dream more books like this by Christina Lamb add to wishlist In the last decades of the British Empire, Stewart Gore-Brown build himself a feudal paradise in Northern Rhodesia; a sprawling country estate modelled on the finest homes of England, complete with uniformed servants, daily muster parades and rose gardens. He wanted to share it with the love of his life, the beautiful unconventional Ethel Locke ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Tomorrow is Another Country: The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change more books like this by Allister Sparks add to wishlist The companion to Allister Sparks's award-winning "The Mind of South Africa", this book is an account of the negotiating process that led to majority rule. It retells the story of the behind-the-scenes collaborations that started with a meeting between Kobie Coetsee, then Minister of Justice, and Nelson Mandela in 1985. By 1986, negotiations ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.60! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Mind of South Africa more books like this by Sparks add to wishlist An historical study that examines the origins and development of South African society. The story is told through the experience of three groups of people - the blacks, the Boers and the English. The author provides an analysis of his country's social, economic and political crises. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $84.75! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Great Anglo-Boer War more books like this by Byron Farwell add to wishlist The Boer War (1899-1902) was one of the last of the romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people, fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation, against the might of the British Empire at its peak. Farwell captures the incredible feats, the personal heroism, the unbelievable folly, and the many incidents of humor as well ... see all copies from $4.13! new only from $18.76! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Anatomy of a Miracle: The End of Apartheid and the Birth of the New South Africa more books like this by Patti Waldmeir add to wishlist The story of how South Africa achieved a peaceful transition from minority white rule to multiracially-governed democracy. see all copies from $4.59! new only from $14.99! \| first editions
20 view cover	Magomero: Portrait of an African Village more books like this by Landeg White add to wishlist Magomero is a vivid historical portrait of a Malawian village from 1859 to the present day. It focuses on a region which saw historically important political activity, in the founding of a colony of freed slaves and the rising of an independent church movement against white estate owners. With the dual concerns of a Southern African specialist and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Terrific Majesty: The Powers of Shaka Zulu and the Limits of Historical Invention more books like this by Carolyn Hamilton, LL. add to wishlist Since his assassination in 1828, King Shaka Zulu - founder of the Zulu kingdom - has made his empire in popular imaginations throughout Africa and the West. Shaka is today the hero of Zulu nationalism, the centerpiece of Inkatha ideology. This text explores the reasons for the potency of Shaka's image, examining the ways it has changed over time - ... see all copies from $20.88! new only from $26.87! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Like Lions They Fought: The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa more books like this by Robert B Edgerton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.80! \| first editions
23 view cover	Great Zulu Battles 1838-1906 more books like this by Ian Knight add to wishlist The period 1838 to 1906 in Southern African history was a bloody one, although it proved to be crucial in the continent's evolution and in the development of national identities. In this study, nine Zulu actions are described in detail, graphically conveying the drama of the battlefield. see all copies from $2.17! new only from $3.49! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	I Write What I Like more books like this by Steve Biko add to wishlist B FORMAT.NEW INTRO DUE MID 8/87,NEW FOREWORD ALSO.DEL 10/87 AS MAY PUB.EARLY see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.26! \| first editions
25 view cover	Our Votes, Our Guns: Robert Mugabe and the Tragedy of Zimbabwe more books like this by Martin Meredith add to wishlist The story of what Robert Mugabe did to the once-flourishing African state of Zimbabwe: how it happened, why it happened, and its implications for Africa. Robert Mugabe came to power in 1980 after a long civil war in Rhodesia. The white minority government had become an international outcast in refusing to give in to the inevitability of black ... see all copies from $2.21! new only from $12.03! \| first editions

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