Recollections of a veteran archaeologist. Maps, ib, col & b/w photos, 203pp, NAMIBIA. NAMIBIA SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.

2004 9991640576 Paperback DELAY

A history of peoples in the region from Zimbabwe to the Cape, from 200 to 1860. Many maps and illustrations, bib, 161pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

1987 0852550294 Paperback

Examines the complexities of the Cold War in Southern Africa and uses a range of archives to develop a more detailed understanding of the impact of the Cold War environment upon the processes of political change. In the aftermath of European decolonization, the struggle between white minority governments and black liberation movements encouraged both sides to appeal for external support from the two superpower blocs. This collection highlights the importance of the global ideological environment on the perceptions and consequent behaviour of the white minority regimes, the Black Nationalist movements, and the newly independent African nationalist governments. 272pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

A history of claims to the Zambezi, focussed on the stretch of the river extending from the Victoria Falls downstream into Lake Kariba, which today constitutes the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is a story of 150 years of conflict over the changing landscape of the river, in which the tension between the Zambezi's 'river people' and more powerful others has been centrally important. 320pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Contributors focus on heterogeneous aspects in the field of librarianship, bibliography and archives as well as in the field of research. Col & b/w ill, index, 191pp, SWITZERLAND. BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN, 3905141760

Explores indigenous responses to the colonial empires of Great Britain (South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)) and Germany (Namibia) and explore the complex intellectual, cultural, literary, and political borders and identities that emerged across these spaces. Contributors include distinguished global scholars in the field as well as exciting young scholars. The essays link global-national-local forces in history by analysing how indigenous elites not only interacted with colonial empires to absorb, adapt and re-cast new ideas, forms of discourse, and social formations, but also networked with ordinary people to forge new social, ethnic, and political identities and viable social forces. 378pp, NETHERLANDS. BRILL.

Deals with the Great Trek, the Mfecane and other significant movements of people and their leaders which occurred in South Africa during the early nineteenth century. Maps, notes, index, xxv, 366pp, UK. LONGMAN.

Second Edition. A general account of the history of southern Africa describing the first human settlements, the creation of the Cape Colony, mass migration of the Mfecane and the Great Trek, the unification of South Africa and the phases of Apartheid. This second edition also describes the histories of Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia and the final phase of apartheid. Illustrated with b/w images and maps. Index, bib, 310pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852557159

Analyses the causes of armed conflicts in Southern Africa during the Cold War. It examines the influence of the various external forces in the region during this period and their relationship to local movements and governments. The book focuses on states experiencing violent internal conflict and foreign intervention, that is Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Spanning 30 years, the book explores how each country struggled for genuine independence against colonialism and apartheid and their place in the wider conflicts encompassed by the Cold War. 320pp, UK. PLUTO PRESS.

Uncovers some of the exile history of the ANC and SWAPO that both organisations would prefer not to remember. Here is a first-hand account of the ANC's Quatro prison camp and of the mutiny in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in Angola in 1984; articles on the SWAPO 'spy drama' of the 1970s and 1980s; an analysis of a death in exile with implications relating to Jacob Zuma; and a study of the responses of both the ANC and SWAPO to these episodes of intolerance, repression and excess. 256pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Combining travel, adventure and scholarship, the author recounts his quest to discover whether the Lemba people of Southern Africa are really Jewish as they claim and if they are one of the lost tribes of Israel, descended from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Parfitt traces the path of the Lemba's ancestors through Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania and Zanzibar recounting the history of the region and bringing to light the origins of the Lemba. Index, notes, maps, 381pp, USA. VINTAGE USA.

A study seeking to determine to what extent the culture of early Israel is similar to African cultures, in particular the Lemba of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The author compares the myths, rites, and food taboos of the Lemba, their ancestors and those of early Israel in order to assess whether Lemba claims about their Jewish ancestry is factually sound. Index, bib, notes, maps, xiv, 328pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS, 1868882837

A collection of interviews providing first hand views of the relationship between Nordic countries and liberation movement in Southern Africa as it developed in the midst of the Cold War. Among those interviewed are Joaquim Chissano from Mozambique, John Nkomo and Josiah Tungamirai from Zimbabwe, Kenneth Kaunda from Zambia and Thabo Mbeki from South Africa. Also includes interviews with prominent contemporary leaders from Angola and Namibia and Swedish administrators and politicians. Index, maps, notes, 365pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE.

This is the dramatic story of the colonial encounter and the construction of empire in Southern Africa in the nineteenth century. What did the British make of the Xhosa and how did they make sense of their politics and culture? How did the British establish and then explain their dominion, especially when it ran counter to the cultural values they believed themselves to represent? Richard Price answers these questions by looking at the ways in which individual missionaries, officials and politicians interacted with the Xhosa. He describes how those encounters changed and shaped the culture of imperial rule in Southern Africa. He charts how an imperial regime developed both in the minds of the colonizers and in the everyday practice of power and how the British imperial presence was entangled in and shaped by the encounter with the Xhosa from the very moment of their first meeting. 402pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Officially commissioned to explore the Zambesi for mineral deposits and opportunities for trade, David Livingstone left England in 1858. He wrote this travelogue in collaboration with his brother Charles, who had also been part of the expedition. Illus., xvii, 458pp. UK. DUCKWORTH.

Using sources such as contemporary court reports, Tswana oral as well as written correspondence and official archives, this study looks at life in Southern Africa, examining in particular the dynamics between religion and society. Illustrated with b/w images. Index, sources, notes, tables, maps, bib, 249pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852556209

Second edition. African ordinary level textbook focused on the history of Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa from the Iron Age to Independence. Malawi is not covered. Each chapter ends with revision questions. Maps, b/w illustrations, 166pp, SWAZILAND. CARTHY PUBLICATIONS (PTY) LTD.

2003 0797822844 Paperback

Slaves in Portuguese East Africa, the Chikunda developed new identities in the struggle to support themselves once freed. A detailed study of the development of ethnic identity from a historical perspective. Part of the Social History of Africa series. Index, bib, glos, notes, b/w illus & photographs, maps, xii, 370pp, USA. HEINEMANN INC.

Surveys the contemporary history of the whole region encompassing economic, social, political, security, foreign policy, health, environmental and gender issues in one succinct volume. Positioning the collapse of Portugal's African Empire in the context of the region's history since 1945, Farley asserts that this collapse set in motion a train of events that eventually led to the transition of power from minority to majority rule in Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. Index, notes, bib, 155pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

Traces the complex histories and political events of 12 countries in the region. With highly detailed political information, micro-indexing of subject areas and comprehensive index of names, this is a comprehensive reference tool. 912pp, USA.

Gives the background to the first ever maps of Northern Namibia: Charles John Andersson's hand-drawn, and previously unpublished, maps of 1852. Illus, apps, 48pp, NAMIBIA, GAMSBERG MACMILLAN.

2008 9789991608907 Paperback

A study of patterns of agrarian development showing how the government policy of nurturing the white farming sector created a heavy burden for black farm workers and their families. Includes case studies, covering regions of South Africa and colonial Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Swaziland. Maps, tables, bib, index, xiv, 344pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Focuses on British expansionism in southern Africa during the last three decades of the nineteenth century. Emphasises the connection between the birth of the mineral industries in southern Africa and the conquest of virtually every independ-ent African polity in the African sub-continent. Notes, bib, index, 258pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.