African Studies 2024-2025

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DARKEST BEFORE DAWN WRITINGS, TESTIMONIES AND CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE LIFE OF ROBERT MANGALISO SOBUKWE

DEREK HOOK AND LESWIN LAUBSCHER

Robert Sobukwe’s political writings, speeches and court testimonies

456 PP | PAPER | $42.00 | 9781776148561

ARCHIVES OF TIMES PAST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA’S DEEP HISTORY

EDITED BY CYNTHIA KROS, JOHN WRIGHT, MBONGISENI BUTHELEZI, AND HELEN LUDLOW

Examines sources of material that have been used to tell southern Africa’s pre-colonial story

360 PP | PAPER | $35.00 | 9781776147274

BONES AND BODIES HOW SOUTH AFRICAN SCIENTISTS STUDIED RACE

ALAN G. MORRIS

Examines the history of evolutionary anthropology in South Africa

360 PP | PAPER | $35.00 | 9781776147236

& HIGHER

PREDICAMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE

DECOLONISATION AND DERACIALISATION IN UNIVERSITIES

SUREN PILLAY

The difficult questions universities face after apartheid

APARTHEID SPIES AND THE REVOLUTIONARY UNDERGROUND

WILLIAM KENISTON

The first booklength account of the assassination of Jeanette and Katryn Schoon

352 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776149018

WITS UNIVERSITY AT 100 FROM EXCAVATION TO INNOVATION

UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND

Maps the university’s current and future vision as it marks its centenary in 2022

234 PP | PAPER | $40.00 | 9781776147359

FIGHTING AN INVISIBLE ENEMY THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

BARRY SCHOUB

A history of the establishment and role of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)

202 PP | PAPER | $35.00 | 9781776148974

EPISTEMIC JUSTICE AND THE POSTCOLONIAL UNIVERSITY

EDITED BY AMRITA PANDE, RUCHI CHATURVEDI, AND SHARI DAYA

An analysis of the current social reproduction debate in South Africa

RICK TURNER’S POLITICS AS THE ART OF THE IMPOSSIBLE

EDITED BY MICHAEL ONYEBUCHI EZE, LAWRENCE HAMILTON, LAURENCE PIPER, AND GIDEON VAN RIET

BLACK X LIBERATORY THOUGHT IN AZANIA

TENDAYI SITHOLE

What does it mean to be Black in an antiBlack world?

Revisits the work of Rick Turner, a South African political theorist, and addresses contemporary debates 184 PP | PAPER | $20.00 | 9781776148684

296 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776148936

STATE CAPTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA HOW AND WHY IT HAPPENED

EDITED BY MBONGISENI BUTHELEZI AND PETER VALE

A scholarly analysis of how state capture unfolded in South Africa and how it was contested

282 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776148318

PRISONERS OF THE PAST SOUTH AFRICAN DEMOCRACY AND THE LEGACY OF MINORITY RULE

STEVEN FRIEDMAN

Argues that the difficulties besetting South African democracy are legacies of the past

232 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776146840

CORRUPTED

A STUDY OF CHRONIC DYSFUNCTION IN SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES

JONATHAN D JANSEN

Offers a promising way forward for universities to better serve their communities and the country more broadly

GOOD JEW, BAD JEW RACISM, ANTISEMITISM AND THE ASSAULT ON MEANING

STEVEN FRIEDMAN

Shows how antiSemitism has been distorted to serve the Israeli state

GOVERNING COMPLEX CITY-REGIONS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

BRAZIL, RUSSIA, INDIA, CHINA, AND SOUTH AFRICA PHILIP HARRISON

The challenges of dynamic city-regions across the BRICS countries

288 PP | PAPER | $35.00 | 9781776148523

DECOLONISATION REVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION

EDITED BY DAVID BOUCHER AND AYESHA OMAR

A comparative analysis of the processes and aftermath of decolonisation

PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776148448

THESE POTATOES LOOK LIKE HUMANS THE CONTESTED FUTURE OF LAND, HOME AND DEATH IN SOUTH AFRICA

MBUSO NKOSI

Thinking about the meaning of land and ancestral connection to it using the 1959 potato boycott in South Africa as a starting point

186 PP | PAPER | $20.00 | 9781776148400

LABOUR DISRUPTED REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF WORK IN SOUTH AFRICA

EDITED BY MALEHOKO TSHOAEDI, CHRISTINE BISCHOFF, AND ANDRIES BEZUIDENHOUT

The fragmentation and future of labour movements in South Africa

356 PP | PAPER | $35.00 | 9781776148226

EMANCIPATORY FEMINISM IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 TRANSFORMATIVE RESISTANCE AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION

EDITED BY VISHWAS SATGAR AND RUTH NTLOKOTSE

The social reproduction debate in South Africa

In Democratic Marxisms

262 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776148264

CITIZEN AND PARIAH

SOMALI TRADERS AND THE REGULATION OF DIFFERENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA

VANYA GASTROW

Explores the fragility of law, pluralism and democracy in South Africa, through the experiences of Somali shopkeepers

NO LAST PLACE TO REST COAL MINING AND DISPOSSESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA

DINEO SKOSANA

Examines the impact of coal mining on the lives of former-labour tenant and rural communities in post-apartheid South Africa

184 PP | PAPER | $20.00 | 9781776149292

ETHNOGRAPHIES OF POWER

WORKING RADICAL CONCEPTS WITH GILLIAN HART

EDITED BY SHARAD CHARI, MARK HUNTER, AND MELANIE SAMSON

Political-economic processes in the context of real world struggles

260 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776146666

IN THE BALANCE THE CASE FOR A UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME IN SOUTH AFRICA AND BEYOND HEIN MARAIS

Examines the need and prospects for a UBI

308 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776147724

ABORTION SERVICES AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE IN RURAL SOUTH AFRICA

ULANDI DU PLESSIS AND CATRIONA IDA MACLEOD

The challenges faced in accessing and providing abortion services in rural areas

VISUALISING CHINA IN SOUTHERN AFRICA BIOGRAPHY, CIRCULATION, TRANSGRESSION

EDITED BY JULIETTE LEEB-DU TOIT, RUTH SIMBAO, AND ROSS ANTHONY

Engages with the work of contemporary African and Chinese artists

376 PP | PAPER | $80.00 | 9781776147670

THE TIMES DO NOT PERMIT THE MUSICAL LIFE OF MICHAEL MOSOEU MOERANE CHRISTINE LUCIA

The unique life, times and music of the first classically educated African composer in southern Africa

336 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776149193

READING FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN PRINT CULTURES AND OCEANIC TURNS IN ISABEL HOFMEYR’S WORK

EDITED BY CHARNE LAVERY AND SARAH NUTTALL

The work of a leading scholar of print cultures and intellectual trajectories in the Atlantic and Indian oceans

238 PP | PAPER | $20.00 | 9781776148363

I WRITE THE YAWNING VOID SELECTED ESSAYS OF SINDIWE MAGONA SINDIWE MAGONA

Essays that addresses themes such as HIV/ Aids, language and culture, home and belonging

240 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776148189

UNCOVERING MEMORY FILMING IN SOUTH AFRICA, GERMANY, POLAND AND BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA

TANJA SAKOTA

Encourages readers to self-reflect as they explore their own memory using the camera and short film format

384 PP | PAPER | $40.00 | 9781776147984

PUBLISHING FROM THE SOUTH A CENTURY OF WITS UNIVERSITY PRESS

EDITED BY SARAH NUTTALL AND ISABEL HOFMEYR

A deep dive into the history, sociology and politics of the oldest South African university press

364 PP | PAPER | $40.00 | 9781776149247

CAN THEMBA THE MAKING AND BREAKING OF THE INTELLECTUAL TSOTSI, A BIOGRAPHY

SIPHIWO MAHALA

A biography of an iconic figure of the South African literary world and Drum journalist who died in exile

288 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776147311

FOUNDATIONAL AFRICAN WRITERS

PETER ABRAHAMS, NONI JABAVU, SIBUSISO NYEMBEZI, AND ES’KIA MPHAHLELE

EDITED BY BHEKIZIZWE PETERSON, MAKHOSAZANA XABA, AND KHWEZI MKHIZE

The complexities of Black existence

472 PP | PAPER | $42.00 | 9781776147519

DINTSHONTSHO TSA

BO – JULIUSE KESARA

SOL T. PLAATJE

A translation into Setswana of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, by the renowned South African thinker, writer and linguist

148 PP | PAPER | $20.00 | 9781776140619

MOTSWASELE II

LEETILE DISANG RADITLADI

The first historical drama written by a Botswanan author, highlighting the importance of traditional rule

132 PP | PAPER | $20.00 | 9781776140800

ISIDLAMLILO

/ THE FIRE EATER A PLAY

NEIL COPPEN, MPUME MTHOMBENI, AND KIRA ERWIN

A one-woman play inspired by the woman who served as a political assassin in the build-up to South Africa’s first democratic elections

128 PP | PAPER | $20.00 | 9781776148790

DOING PLAYS FOR A CHANGE

FIVE WORKS

MAISHE MAPONYA

Plays from a period in the country’s history marked by intense repression and escalating violence

TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES IN AFRICA MIGRANTS AND THE ROLE OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

EDITED BY MARIA C MARCHETTI-MERCER, LESLIE SWARTZ, AND LORETTA BALDASSAR

236 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776148646

CHILDREN IN MIND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IN TODAY’S WORLD AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM

JENNY PERKEL

A psychologist’s guide for parents, caregivers and health care practitioners to the emotional challenges facing children and their parents today

206 PP | PAPER | $20.00 | 9781776147472

WHY MEN HURT WOMEN AND OTHER REFLECTIONS ON LOVE, VIOLENCE AND MASCULINITY

KOPANO RATELE

Psychologist Kopano Ratele meditates on love, violence and masculinity

312 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776147632

HOW I LOST MY MOTHER

A STORY OF LIFE, CARE AND DYING

LESLIE SWARTZ

The relationship between a mother and son, and an exploration of what care for the dying means in contemporary society

PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781776146949

AFRICAN ARK MAMMALS, LANDSCAPE AND THE ECOLOGY OF A CONTINENT

ARA MONADJEM

How Africa’s mammals have helped shape the continent’s landscapes

340 PP | PAPER

$35.00 | 9781776147809

CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS OF THE |XAM JEREMY HOLLMANN

Brings together a wide range of |xam beliefs and key narratives as told to Bleek and Lloyd by |xam teachers

446 PP | CLOTH

$133.50 | 9781776147779

BLACK ANARCHISM AND ANTIBLACK CARCERALITY

SAM C. TENORIO

Asks how we can better understand a politics of refusal

THE INTRAPRENEUR’S JOURNEY

HUGH MOLOTSI, MJUMO MZYECE, OGUNDIRAN SOUMONNI, AND JEFF ZIAS

How to develop internal entrepreneurs (intrapreneurs)

296 PP | PAPER

$30.00 | 9781776147892

ENGLISH-ISIZULU / ISIZULU-ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOURTH EDITION

C.M. DOKE,

BENEDICT WALLET VILAKAZI, D. M. MALCOLM, AND MZILIKAZI KHUMALO

1296 PP | PAPER

$75.00 | 9781868147380

FALLING, FLOATING, FLICKERING

DISABILITY AND DIFFERENTIAL MOVEMENT IN AFRICAN DIASPORIC PERFORMANCE

HERSHINI BHANA YOUNG

Embodiment and movement to the creation of Black sociality

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