Law, religion and the covenanted community: the impact of the Zurich Reformation on the early Cape settlement, 1652-1708 by A. W. G. Raath

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The Great Trek as Exodus in J.D. Kestell's and N. Hofmeyr's De Voortrekkers of het dagboek van Izak van der Merwe by F. Hale

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Memories of Africa, Home, and Abroad in the United States by Olayombo Raji-Oyelade

“…Thus, memoir is the lens through which Falola challenges normative linear narratives of African history to provide a more complex understanding of the African continent through the creation of complicated stories of African migrants and their lived experiences. …”
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Book Review: A Brief History of South Africa: From Earliest Times to the Mandela Presidency by Mandla J. Radebe

“… The writing of South African history has been contentious, mainly due to the exclusion of the majority African people whose past achievements have often been ignored or treated contemptuously. …”
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A Critical Review of the Roles and Functions of Traditional Leaders by Nkareng Klaas-Makolomakwe, Tanusha Raniga

“… The epitome of pre-colonial African history and culture is embedded within the institution of traditional leadership. …”
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Disputed Translations from The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Walatta Petros (2015) Reconsidered: Some Notes on Gǝʿǝz Philology by Michael Kleiner

“… The present article was prompted by Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes’s ‘Colonial Rewriting of African History: Misinterpretations and Distortions in Belcher and Kleiner’s Life and Struggles of Walatta Petros’ as published in a special issue of the Journal of Afroasiatic Languages, History and Culture in the fall of 2020. …”
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Newspaper cartoons as a reflection of political change during the first democratic elections in South Africa by Cornelius van Heerden

“…Few commentators Pretoria will disagree that the run-up to the 1994-election can be regarded as one of the most crucial moments in South African history. The focus will only be on the editorial cartoon usually found on the centre pages of Sunday and daily newspapers and not on comic strips of which the majority are from US-syndications. …”
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The African Nationalist Idea of Africa by Tlhabane Mokhine Dan Motaung

“… This paper probes the impact of colonial designs in the fabrication of native subjectivities, which eventuated in toxic political identities that would later undermine the post-colonial nationalist project. African history was shaped by three discursive periods: pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial. …”
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