The story of the farmers and traders who, between 1912 and 1958, paved the way for large scale rice and sugar production in Swaziland. B/w ill, maps, index, 317pp, SOUTH AFRICA. P J GOSNELL.

An essential historical reference work with over 1500 entries covering men and women, black and white, culled from many sources: Swazis (Royals and others), miners, soldiers and missionaries. Index, maps, sources, b/w illus, xxxv, 691pp, SOUTH AFRICA. University of Kwazulu Natal Press, 086980880X

1993 Hardback

A discussion on economic relations in Swaziland during the colonial period arguing that economic relations in Swaziland were largely determined by the nature of British colonial policy. Index, bib, sources, tables, 230pp, ix, SWAZILAND, JANYEKO PUBLISHING CENTRE, 9970510495

When this biography was first published, King Sobhuza II of Swaziland was the longest reigning living African monarch. Kuper offers a unique historical picture of a modern African ruler whose reign spans the colonial era to independence, and a sovereign democratic state caught between apartheid era South Africa and the new Marxist socialist republic of Mozambique. Index, 363pp, UK. DUCKWORTH. 0715611852

1978 Hardback