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Author : Herman Charles Bosman
Publisher : Human & Rosseau
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110684052
Author : Douglas Killam,Alicia L. Kerfoot
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313054518
African literature is a vast subject of growing output and interest. Written especially for students, this book selectively surveys the topic in a clear and accessible way. Included are roughly 600 alphabetically arranged entries on writers, genres, and major works. Many entries cite works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. Africa is a land of contrasts and of diverse cultures and traditions. It is also a land of conflict and creativity. The literature of the continent draws upon a fascinating body of oral traditions and lore and also reflects the political turmoil of the modern world. With the increased interest in cultural diversity and the growing centrality of Africa in world politics, African literature is figuring more and more prominently in the curriculum. This book helps students learn about the African literary achievement. Written expressly for students, this book is far more accessible than other reference works on the subject. Included are nearly 600 alphabetically arranged entries on authors, such as Chinua Achebe, Athol Fugard, Buchi Emecheta, Nadine Gordimer, and Wole Soyinka; major works, such as Things Fall Apart and Petals of Blood; and individual genres, such as the novel, drama, and poetry. Many entries cite works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.
Author : Martin Bossenbroek
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609807481
The Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) is one of the most intriguing conflicts of modern history. It has been labeled many things: the first media war, a precursor of the First and Second World Wars, the originator of apartheid. The difference in status and resources between the superpower Great Britain and two insignificant Boer republics in southern Africa was enormous. But, against all expectation, it took the British every effort and a huge sum of money to win the war, not least by unleashing a campaign of systematic terror against the civilian population. In The Boer War, winner of the Netherland's 2013 Libris History Prize and shortlisted for the 2013 AKO Literature Prize, the author brings a completely new perspective to this chapter of South African history, critically examining the involvement of the Netherlands in the war. Furthermore, unlike other accounts, Martin Bossenbroek explores the war primarily through the experiences of three men uniquely active during the bloody conflict. They are Willem Leyds, the Dutch lawyer who was to become South African Republic state secretary and eventual European envoy; Winston Churchill, then a British war reporter; and Deneys Reitz, a young Boer commando. The vivid and engaging experiences of these three men enable a more personal and nuanced story of the war to be told, and at the same time offer a fresh approach to a conflict that shaped the nation state of South Africa.
Author : Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong,Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3382 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195382075
From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).
Author : John Gooch
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 071465101X
This collections of essays focuses on three aspects of the Boer War: how the British Military functioned; the role of the Boers, Afrikaners and Zulus; and the media presentation of the war to the public.
Author : Thomas Pakenham
Publisher : New York : Random House
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001643662
Comprehensive history of the Boer War, a war precipitated by greed and marked by blundering and brutalities.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : UCSD:31822037943230
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Commonwealth literature (English)
ISBN : UCBK:C081544297
One number each year includes Annual bibliography of Commonwealth literature.
Author : Gareth Cornwell,Dirk Klopper,Craig Mackenzie
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231503815
From the outset, South Africa's history has been marked by division and conflict along racial and ethnic lines. From 1948 until 1994, this division was formalized in the National Party's policy of apartheid. Because apartheid intruded on every aspect of private and public life, South African literature was preoccupied with the politics of race and social engineering. Since the release from prison of Nelson Mandela in 1990, South Africa has been a new nation-in-the-making, inspired by a nonracial idealism yet beset by poverty and violence. South African writers have responded in various ways to Njabulo Ndebele's call to "rediscover the ordinary." The result has been a kaleidoscope of texts in which evolving cultural forms and modes of identity are rearticulated and explored. An invaluable guide for general readers as well as scholars of African literary history, this comprehensive text celebrates the multiple traditions and exciting future of the South African voice. Although the South African Constitution of 1994 recognizes no fewer than eleven official languages, English has remained the country's literary lingua franca. This book offers a narrative overview of South African literary production in English from 1945 to the postapartheid present. An introduction identifies the most interesting and noteworthy writing from the period. Alphabetical entries provide accurate and objective information on genres and writers. An appendix lists essential authors published before 1945.
Author : Michelle Kazensky
Publisher : Saint James Press
Page : 1286 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 155862600X
Features bibliographical, biographical and contact information for living authors worldwide who have at least one English publication. Entries include name, pseudonyms, addresses, citizenship, birth date, specialization, career information and a bibliography.
Author : H. Rider Haggard
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4057664576422
The Last Boer War is a book by H. Rider Haggard. It provides an account of the reasons for and consequences of the South Africian Boer Rebellion in 1881, in which the author participated in.
Author : Denis Judd,Keith Surridge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857722317
The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism, with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, Rhodes, Conan Doyle, Smuts, Kipling, Gandhi, Kruger and Kitchener. The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military and unexpectedly exposed the corrupt underside of imperialism in the establishment of the first concentration camps, the shooting of Boer prisoners-of-war and the embezzlement of military supplies by British officers. This acclaimed book provides a complete history of the Boer War - from the first signs of unrest to the eventual peace. In the process, it debunks several of the myths which have grown up around the conflict and explores the deadly legacy it left for southern Africa.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105213189652
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127772304
Author : Foster Hugh Egerton Cunliffe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : South Africa
ISBN : NYPL:33433082457189