The Zulu Kings

In The Zulu Kings, well-respected and widely published historian John Laband examines the reigns of the eight Zulu kings from 1816 to the present.

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Three Wise Monkeys Box Set

Three Wise Monkeys explores some of the contradictions, silences and oversights, and working misunderstandings that arise when an emerging Anglophone, Protestant, industrial and urbanising state – South Africa – develops side by side with a Lusophone, Catholic, commercial, rural colony – Mozambique.

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Tsietsi Mashinini

In his colourful and comprehensive account of Tsietsi Mashinini’s story, Mathe sheds new light not only on an exceptional leader, but also on the pivotal events of 16 June, some of which remain contested to this day.

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Two Weeks in November

Two Weeks in November reveals as yet unknown details of the political events surrounding Robert Mugabe’s fall – a dramatic retelling of the coup that wasn’t a coup, full of narrow escapes, brinkmanship and unlikely bedfellows.

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When They Came For Me

In 1969, while a student at Wits University, John Schlapobersky was arrested for opposing apartheid and tortured, detained and eventually deported. Interrogated through sleep deprivation, he later wrote secretly in solitary confinement about the struggle for survival. In this exquisitely written memoir, written half a century after the event, the author reflects on the singing of the condemned prisoners, the poetry, songs and texts that saw him through his ordeal, and its impact.

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White Supremacy

A Brief History of Hatred

Gavin Evans explores the roots of the white supremacist ideology, traced back to the 19th century to Charles Darwin and Francis Galton’s race-based theories. He examines the spread of eugenics and the rise of Nazism and Apartheid.

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Winnie & Nelson

One of the most celebrated political leaders of our time, Nelson Mandela has been written about by many biographers and historians. But in one crucial area, his life remains largely untold: his marriage to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Jonny Steinberg tells the tale of this unique marriage – its longings, its obsessions, its deceits – making South African history a page-turning political biography.

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