History of South Africa e-bog
154,35 DKK
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South Africa was born in war, has been cursed by crises and ruptures, and today stands on a precipice once again. This book explores the countrys tumultuous journey from the Second Anglo-Boer War to 2021. Drawing on diaries, letters, oral testimony and diplomatic reports, Thula Simpson follows the South African people through the battles, elections, repression, resistance, strikes, insurrection...
E-bog
154,35 DKK
Forlag
Hurst Publishers
Udgivet
4 august 2022
Længde
632 sider
Genrer
African history
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781787389212
South Africa was born in war, has been cursed by crises and ruptures, and today stands on a precipice once again. This book explores the countrys tumultuous journey from the Second Anglo-Boer War to 2021. Drawing on diaries, letters, oral testimony and diplomatic reports, Thula Simpson follows the South African people through the battles, elections, repression, resistance, strikes, insurrections, massacres, crashes and epidemics that have shaped the nation.Tracking South Africas path from colony to Union and from apartheid to democracy, Simpson documents the influence of key figures including Jan Smuts, Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, P.W. Botha, Thabo Mbeki and Cyril Ramaphosa. He offers detailed accounts of watershed events like the 1922 Rand Revolt, the Defiance Campaign, Sharpeville, the Soweto uprising and the Marikana massacre. He sheds light on the roles of Gandhi, Churchill, Castro and Thatcher, and explores the impact of the World Wars, the armed struggle and the Border War. Simpsons history charts the post-apartheid transition and the phases of ANC rule, from Rainbow Nation to transformation; state capture to New Dawn. Along the way, it reveals the divisions and solidarities of sport; the nations economic travails; and painful pandemics, from the Spanish flu to AIDS and Covid-19.