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  • Biafra

    A Military History

    by Roy Doron ...
    The Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970), also known as the Biafran War, remains one of the most politically charged and divisive issues in contemporary Nigerian politics. During its three years of violence, the war resulted in an astonishing number of deaths. This included civilians who suffered starvation due to the siege, which ultimately ended with no victors.Biafra discusses the major political, ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ken Saro-Wiwa

    by Roy Doron, Toyin Falola ...
    Series series Ohio Short Histories of Africa
    Hanged by the Nigerian government on November 10, 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa became a martyr for the Ogoni people and human rights activists, and a symbol of modern Africans’ struggle against military dictatorship, corporate power, and environmental exploitation. Though he is rightly known for his human rights and environmental activism, he wore many hats: writer, television producer, businessman, and ... Read more

    $18.69 CAD

  • African Activists of the Twentieth Century

    Hani, Maathai, Mpama/Palmer, Saro-Wiwa

    by Hugh Macmillan, Tabitha Kanogo, Robert R. Edgar, Roy Doron, Toyin Falola ...
    Series series Ohio Short Histories of Africa
    An omnibus collection of concise and up-to-date biographies of four influential figures from modern African history.Chris Hani, by Hugh MacmillanChris Hani was one of the most highly respected leaders of the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party, and uMkhonto we Sizwe. His assassination in 1993 threatened to upset the country’s transition to democracy and prompted an ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by Simon Usherwood, John Pinder ...
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    The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organisation. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states, going far beyond that found anywhere else in the world. On the other, it is currently in the throes of a phase of profound uncertainty about its viability and future. Showing how and why the EU has ... Read more

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  • How Long will South Africa Survive? (2nd Edition)

    The Crisis Continues

    by Johnson RW ...
    In 1977 R W Johnson's best-selling How Long Will South Africa Survive? provided a controversial analysis of the survival prospects of the apartheid regime. Now, after more than twenty years of ANC rule, he believes the situation has become so critical that the question must be posed again. He moves from an analysis of Jacob Zuma's rule to the increasingly dire state of the South African economy, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Rumour of Spring

    South Africa after 20 Years of Democracy

    by Max du Preez ...
    Democracy in South Africa turns twenty on 27 April 2014. In A Rumour of Spring, Max du Preez investigates and analyses the progress and lack of progress the country has made during these twenty years. A Rumour of Spring looks at the legacies of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki in an attempt to understand how we got here, and examines Jacob Zuma’s presidency to better understand where we are.In the ... Read more

    $13.19 CAD

  • Roots

    The History How Britain Carved South Africa's Neo-Liberal Age, 1806-1996

    by Thembinkosi Lehloesa ...
    In Africa no European country has had an influence as Britain. The first tangible break in the development was achieved by the South African parliament in 1934. But already Britain had shaped and predetermined South Africas future. The country wanted no other than evolutionary change, and this theme informed all administrations. Deception was the name of the game as was the violation of ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • Apartheid

    The History of Apartheid: Race vs. Reason - South Africa from 1948 - 1994

    by Michael Morris ...
    The one thing that looms largest in South Africa's future is South Africa's past – most especially the nearly five decades of division and conflict at the heart of one of the twentieth century's most infamous social experiments.Apartheid, An Illustrated History is a portrait of the defining experience of modern South Africa's transition from colonial state to democracy. What began in May 1948 as a ... Read more

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  • Selected Speeches and Writings of Nelson Mandela: The End of Apartheid in South Africa

    by Lenny Flank ...
    For 30 years, the African National Congress, led by Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, was the core of opposition to the white supremacist apartheid regime in South Africa. After organizing strikes and founding the armed military wing of the ANC, Mandela spent 27 years in jail before emerging as a worldwide symbol of human freedom. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dare Not Linger

    The Presidential Years

    by Nelson Mandela, Mandla Langa, Graça Machel ...
    A memoir of Mandela's time in office as the first president of a democratic South Africa, completed and expanded with his personal notes and speeches."I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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  • The Betrayal of Africa

    A Groundwork Guide

    by Gerald Caplan, Jane Springer ...
    Series Book 6 - Groundwork Guides
    "[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." -- Globe and MailThink Africa, and many people think of brutal war, endless famine, pervasive corruption, unworthy rulers, universal poverty, an AIDS epidemic out of control. As this book ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rise And Fall Of Apartheid

    From Racial Domination To Majority Rule

    by David Welsh ...
    On his way into Parliament on 2 February 1990 FW de Klerk turned to his wife Marike and said, referring to his forthcoming speech: 'South Africa will never be the same again after this.' Did white South Africa crack, or did its leadership yield sufficiently and just in time to avert a revolution? The transformation has been called a miracle, belying gloomy predictions of race war in which the ... Read more

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