Brothers at War
Baruch Hirson & Yael Hirson
Abiodun Alao, The Brookings Institution, USA
Writings of Baruch Hirson
This volume offers a collection of essays by Baruch Hirson (1921-1999), a South African political activist, historian and academic, whose work extended considerable influence of the development of South African historiography both in Britain and in South Africa. Hirson’s writings include a history of the world’s southernmost Trotskyite community, an analysis of the role of ideology in the 1976 Soweto uprising, and the development of socialist politics in South Africa. Together with his longer works, his papers, published and unpublished, were widely disseminated and discussed, and inspired a generation of young South African historians, and their publication in this collection offers an insight into the formative influences which helped guide the South African resistance movement. UK August 2020 • US August 2020 • 288 pages PB 9781350176324 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781850434542 Bloomsbury Academic
Kaunda and Southern Africa
Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London, UK This book examines the former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda's political philosophy and practice, and considers the conflicting views of the man and his policies - moralist or collaborator with South Africa, practitioner of realpolitik or promoter of peace. The author considers the moves towards multi-party democracy in Zambia which eventually led to Kaunda's removal from office. UK November 2020 • US November 2020 • 248 pages PB 9781350185975 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781850434900 ePub 9780755692187 • £95.00 / $118.26 ePdf 9780755692194 • £95.00 / $118.26 Bloomsbury Academic
Revolt of the Ministers
The Malawi Cabinet Crisis 1964-1965 Colin Baker, University of Glamorgan, UK Revolt of the Ministers provides a detailed account of the events that led to the Cabinet Crisis of September 1964, when all but one of the cabinet ministers resigned or were dismissed, and offers an insight into the legacy of the crisis. Offering studies of the key players, including Dr Hastings Banda, a Nyasaland national who had a successful medical career in Britain before becoming the first president of Malawi, and H. B. M. Chipembere, a committed and militant nationalist, Colin Baker sheds new light on one of the most important but controversial episodes in the history of Malawi. UK September 2020 • US September 2020 • 416 pages • 16 bw illus PB 9781350180253 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781860646423 ePdf 9780857716422 • £90.00 / $112.10 Bloomsbury Academic
Dissident and Rebel Activities in Southern Africa Civil War in many areas of Southern Africa has caused human disaster on a huge scale. While Zimbabwe alone has largely escaped this, Mozambique has been reduced to the status of the poorest, most aid-dependent state in Africa and UNITA's war in Angola continues. Abiodun Alao's account of the deep-rooted ethnic and ideological divisions in all three territories explores the ways in which this state of almost permanent instability and conflict emerged during and after the struggle for independence, and the extent to which existing tensions within the region were internationalized and exacerbated during the Cold War.
H I S T O R Y- African History
A History of the Left in South Africa
UK November 2020 • US November 2020 • 224 pages PB 9781350183889 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781850438168 Bloomsbury Academic
Mineworkers in Zambia
Labour and Political Change in PostColonial Africa Miles Larmer, Oxford University, UK This study of Zambia’s copper mineworkers demonstrates that, contrary to common assumption, miners took on activist roles in the changing political and economic context of post-colonial Zambia. From 1940 through to 1990, Zambia’s mineworkers refused to accept the necessity of sacrifices demanded by colonialist and capital, nationalists and developmentalists, donors and democrats. Miles Larmer demonstrates that the actions on mineworkers have been more consciously political and influential at some times than others, but were always informed by their values and powerful sense of collective identity. UK August 2020 • US August 2020 • 272 pages PB 9781350175235 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781845112998 ePub 9780755628919 • £95.00 / $118.26 ePdf 9780755628902 • £95.00 / $118.26 Bloomsbury Academic
A History of the Quaker Movement in Africa Ane Marie Bak Rasmussen
This study explores the absorption of Western religious ideas into African religious traditions, the emergence of independent African churches and religious movements, and their connection with political protest. The author considers the work carried out in education, agriculture, industrial training and health care by the Society of Friends, and charts the development of an independent church (finally established in 1963). She traces the developing relationship between African Quakers and the emerging African nationalist movements, and the colonial administration. UK November 2020 • US November 2020 • 185 pages PB 9781350183872 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781850439042 Bloomsbury Academic
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