![]() ![]() Die lang man sonder skaduwee – Antoinette Pienaar R90.Early Railways at the Cape – Jose Burman R120.00 Add to cart.sort by Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. shelved 34,239 times Showing 27 distinct works.Authoritative, provocative and consistently fascinating, this is the updated edition of the seminal book on one of the most important issues facing the West today. Books by Martin Meredith (Author of The Fate of Africa) Books by Martin Meredith Martin Meredith Average rating 4.12 How did we get here? What, if anything, is to be done? Fully revised and updated and weaving together the key stories and characters of the last sixty years into a stunningly compelling and coherent narrative, Martin Meredith has produced the definitive history of how European ideas of how to organise 10,000 different ethnic groups has led to what Tony Blair described as the ‘scar on the conscience of the world’. Constant war, improper use of natural resources and misappropriation of revenues and aid monies contribute to an impression of a continent beyond hope. ![]() Ever since the process of de-colonialisation began in the mid-1950s, and arguably before, the continent has appeared to be stuck in a process of irreversible decline. Martin Meredith, In the Name of Apartheid (New York: Harper & Row Publishers,1988) Mokgethi Motlhabi, Challenge to Apartheid: Toward a Moral National Resistance (Grand Rapids: William B. ![]() Africa is forever on our TV screens, but the bad-news stories (famine, genocide, corruption) massively outweigh the good (South Africa). ![]()
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