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  • The War at Home

    Women and families in the Anglo-Boer War

    by Helen Bradford, Zelda Rowan, Elizabeth Van Heyningen ...
    During the Anglo-Boer War, the conflict between the British and the Boers spilled over from the battlefield to the farmsteads of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. The internment of women and children in concentration camps was part of a total war waged by the British Empire not only against the republican forces, but also civilians. Perilous conditions and overcrowding in many camps led to ... Read more

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  • The Great Boer War

    by Arthur Conan Doyle ...
    Written by a contemporary observer, this book offers a strategic and political analysis of the conflict between the British Empire and the Boer republics. It details the guerrilla tactics, the sieges, and the difficult terrain that characterized the war in South Africa. The text provides a critical look at military incompetence and the resilience of the opposing forces. It stands as a significant ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • His Day Is Done

    A Nelson Mandela Tribute

    by Maya Angelou ...
    He was a son of Africa who became father to a nation and, for billions of people around the world, a beacon of hope, courage, and perseverance in the face of opposition. Now, acclaimed poet Maya Angelou honors the life and remarkable soul of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa and Nobel laureate.In His Day is Done, Angelou delivers an authentically heartfelt and elegant tribute to ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • My Traitor's Heart

    A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience

    by Rian Malan ...
    An Afrikaner crime reporter returns home to face the evil and complex legacy of South African apartheid in " a witness-bearing act of the rarest courage" (Michael Kerr).Rian Malan's classic work of reportage, My Traitor's Heart is at once beautiful, horrifying, and profound in ways that earned him comparisons to Michael Herr and Ryszard Kapuściński, and inspired the London Times to call him "South ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Rainbow in the Night

    The Tumultuous Birth of South Africa

    by Dominique Lapierre ...
    **“South Africa's tragic apartheid history is vividly recounted ... [Lapierre] is adept at infusing it with drama aplenty.” —**Los Angeles TimesIn 1652 a small group of Dutch farmers landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Sent by the powerful Dutch India Company, their mission was simply to grow vegetables and supply ships rounding the cape. The colonists, however, were convinced by their ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • The Lion Sleeps Tonight

    And Other Stories of Africa

    by Rian Malan ...
    An essay collection that offers "a fascinating glimpse of post-apartheid South Africa" from the bestselling author of My Traitor's Heart ( The Sunday Times).The Lion Sleeps Tonight is Rian Malan's remarkable chronicle of South Africa's halting steps and missteps, taken as blacks and whites try to build a new country. In the title story, Malan investigates the provenance of the world-famous song, ... Read more

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  • South African Special Forces

    by Robert Pitta, Jeff Fannell ...
    Series Book 47 - Elite
    This book provides a highly detailed account of the history, organisation, uniforms and insignia of South African Special Forces from their origins up to the early 90s.Units such as the 44 Parachute Brigade, the Hunter Group and the infamous SWA Police COIN Unit 'Koevoet' are examined in depth.These elite units of the South African Defence Force and the special anti-terrorist units of the South ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The South African Story - 4th Edition

    by Ron McGregor ...
    Ron McGregor is a South African tour-guide and writer. This book - now in it's 4th edition - was written in response to popular demand for a book about South Africa that isn't too weighty or academic. Until recently, there was no such single book, so Ron sat down and wrote it. And, because it was written to entertain as much as to educate, he stuck to his raconteurial style. It's an easy read, but ... Read more

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  • The Affects of Colonialism in Africa

    by Matthew Croyle ...
    The Affects of Colonialism in Africa analyzes the invasion of the colonists into Africa during the 19th and 20th Centuries. Some of the most difficult times for Africa were during the establishment of colonialism in their countries. Colonials from Europe invaded countries in Africa with no regard for the well being or culture of the inhabited countries. Most of Europe was interested in taking over ... Read more

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  • The Dead will Arise

    Nongqawuse and the great Xhosa cattle killing 1856-7

    by Jeff Peires ...
    The Dead Will Arise tells the story of Nongqawuse, the young Xhosa girl whose prophecy of the resurrection of the dead lured an entire people to death by starvation. The Great Cattle-Killing of 1856-57, which she initiated, is one of the most extraordinary and misunderstood events in South Africa's history. Jeff Peires was the first historian to draw on all available sources, from oral tradition ... Read more

    $9.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Field Gun Jack Versus the Boers

    The Royal Navy in South Africa, 1899–1900

    by Tony Bridgland, Lord Lewin ...
    War broke out in 1899 between the British and South African settlers of Dutch descent, the Boers, or Afrikaners as they are usually called today. Despite previous clashes, the British seriously underestimated their opponents. Although dressed in battered civilian clothes and made up entirely of volunteers, Boer troops were all mounted on horses and had very up-to-date German rifles.An even more ... Read more

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  • The War in South Africa

    by Arthur Conan Doyle ...
    Series Book 15 - Nonfiction and Essays Collection
    There was never a war in history in which the right was absolutely on one side, or in which no incidents of the campaign were open to criticism. I do not pretend that it was so here. But I do not think that any unprejudiced man can read the facts without acknowledging that the British Government has done its best to avoid war, and the British Army to wage it with humanity. ... Read more

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