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  • Year of Fire, Year of Ash

    The Soweto Schoolchildren’s Revolt that Shook Apartheid

    de Baruch Hirson ...
    'We can say without fear of being contradicted by history, that June 16, 1976 heralded the beginning of the end of the centuries-old white rule in this country.'Nelson MandelaOriginally banned on publication by the apartheid government, Year of Fire, Year of Ash is an eye-opening account of how, in June 1976, 20,000 school students faced down the tanks and guns of a vicious racist regime, in a ... Leer más

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  • Yours for the Union

    Class and Community Struggles in South Africa

    de Baruch Hirson ...
    Series series African History Archive
    Yours for the Union stands as a landmark history of the making of the black working class in South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it covers the crucial period of 1930–47, when South Africa's rapid industrialisation led to the dramatic growth of the working class, and uncontrolled urbanisation resulted in vast shanty towns which became a focal point for resistance and protest. ... Leer más

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  • The Land is Ours

    Black Lawyers and the Birth of Constitutionalism in South Africa

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  • History of Pan-African Revolt

    de C.L.R. James ...
    Series series The Charles H. Kerr Library
    Originally published in England in 1938 (the same year as his magnum opus The Black Jacobins) and expanded in 1969, this work remains the classic account of global black resistance. Robin D.G. Kelley’s substantial introduction contextualizes the work in the history and ferment of the times, and explores its ongoing relevance today.“A History of Pan-African Revolt is one of those rare books that ... Leer más

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  • The Age of Garvey

    How a Jamaican Activist Created a Mass Movement and Changed Global Black Politics

    de Adam Ewing ...
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  • Inside South Africa’s Foreign Policy

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  • South Africa - The Present as History

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