John Iliffe was interested in evidence and interpretation, not theoretical abstraction.
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The memoir of Nathaniel Isaacs, a Jewish merchant who found himself shipwrecked in what is now South Africa, influenced Shaka’s long-lasting fame abroad.
Few have challenged colonial knowledge systems as profoundly as Mudimbe.
The Maghreb has long been absent from studies on the recent prehistory of the Mediterranean. The new findings change that.
Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid was written by two academics for readers of all ages to know about the pain and the triumph of South Africa’s past.
Their lives were thrown into chaos when they decided to travel to England to establish trade relations – but got sold into slavery along the way.
The native people of South Africa revered baboons, but they became part of occult beliefs and suburban fears.
The true depth of Michael Mosoeu Moerane’s work as a composer and educator is revealed in a stunning new biography called The Times Do Not Permit.
Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the defining geopolitical issue of our time.
In the 1600s the Netherlands established one of the world’s first art markets – but it couldn’t have happened without the economic boom spurred by the slave trade.
A new coffee table book explores the ties that bind the work of southern Africa’s contemporary artists.
Ana Angola was captured in the kingdom of Ndongo and spent months on a ship before a journey over land where she was forced to work on the gold mines of Antioquia.
Did Cameroon’s elite spread homosexuality through their connections to secret societies? Instead of disproving the conspiracy theory, the study examines why it came to be.
A public figure who appeared often on TV and radio, Pathisa Nyathi celebrated the history and culture of Zimbabwe’s marginalised Ndebele people.
Football is about more than just sport. It also reflects political tensions in society.
Archaeologists think the rock-cut architecture at Teniky in Madagascar may have been made by a community with Zoroastrian origins.
The team’s work at Oued Beht unearthed the most extensive and earliest agricultural complex known in north Africa outside the Nile Valley.
It’s important that this brutal chapter in South Africa’s past be commemorated in the right spirit, to reflect, take stock and to heal.
Ancient artefacts tell of some of the most advanced civilisations in history, a touchstone for future generations to understand Sudan’s heritage.
Despite being detained by the apartheid government and his work being banned, Matthews never stopped writing truth to power and was celebrated around the world.
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