History of Southern Africa

Author: John D. Omer-Cooper
ISBN: 0852557159

This text has been used in classes in places as far apart as Norway, Australia and the United States, as well as in South Africa itself. Professor Omer-Cooper has incorporated recent advances in scholarship: the early history, settlement and relationships of the Khoisan and Bantu-speaking peoples; the causation and course of the 19th-century Mfecane (which was originally detailed in the author's own book The Zulu Aftermath; the recent history of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland and newly independent Namibia; the final phase of apartheid from 1986 to 1990; and the negotiations to establish a transitional regime and to hold all race elections. North America: Heinemann; Southern Africa: David Philip

Publisher: David Philip
Publish Date: 1994

Subjects: Africa, Southern, South Africa, History / Africa / South / General, History / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Africa (AFRC))