South Africa
Shula Marks examines the abundant archaeological evidence, much of it recently gathered, for the widespread settlement of South Africa before 1488 when Portuguese sailors first reached the Cape. |
Peter Donaldson examines how the British people reacted to the various stages of the South African war of 1899-1902. Published in History Review, Issue: 67, 2010
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Richard Cavendish remembers the Union of South Africa's first election campaign in September 1910. Published in History Today, Volume: 60 Issue: 9
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The killing of 69 black South Africans on March 21st, 1960 was a turning point: the world judged apartheid to be morally bankrupt and the political agitation that ensued would eventually overturn white supremacy, writes Gary Baines. Published in History Today, Volume: 60 Issue: 7
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White South Africans who fought in the long ‘Border War’ to maintain apartheid now find themselves in a country run by their former enemies. Gary Baines examines their continuing struggle to come to terms with the conflict and their efforts to have their voices heard. |
Michael Willis focuses on the origins of the Boer War in a way that could make for a stimulating role-play. |
Damian O’Connor examines the motives of the man who started the conflict. |
On May 31st, 1902, the Peace of Vereeniging was signed, ending the Second Boer War between Britain and the two Afrikaner republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State. |
Richard Cavendish charts the founding of Cape Town, on April 7th, 1652. |
'Frankly I am ashamed of being a Briton for the treatment we have meted out to the Boers as revealed by you and so justly condemned in your pages’ - John Burns to W. T. Stead. Published in History Today, 2001
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Richard Cavendish describes the relief of Mafeking, following a seven-month siege, on May 16th/17th, 1900. |
Frank McDonough looks at recent thinking on the origins of the war of 1899-1902 Published in History Review, Issue: 26
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Raphael Mokades - the winner of the 1996 Julia Wood Award - argues that military failure in the Boer War transformed political attitudes in Edwardian Britain. Published in History Review, Issue: 26
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Iain Smith looks at how teaching history is being turned upside down in South Africa today. Published in History Today, Volume: 43 Issue: 7
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Bartholomew Dias' voyage to the Cape of Good Hope in the late 15th century marked the apex of an extraordinary Portuguese expansion overseas and the start of a fateful European impact on South Africa. |
Iain R. Smith looks at the changes in the study of South Africa's past. |
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