South Africa and Its Future - Primary Source Edition
Author: Louis Creswicke
Publisher:
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781295046898
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The South Africa Reader
Author: Clifton Crais
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2013-12-10
Total Pages: 631
ISBN-13: 0822377454
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe South Africa Reader is an extraordinarily rich guide to the history, culture, and politics of South Africa. With more than eighty absorbing selections, the Reader provides many perspectives on the country's diverse peoples, its first two decades as a democracy, and the forces that have shaped its history and continue to pose challenges to its future, particularly violence, inequality, and racial discrimination. Among the selections are folktales passed down through the centuries, statements by seventeenth-century Dutch colonists, the songs of mine workers, a widow's testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and a photo essay featuring the acclaimed work of Santu Mofokeng. Cartoons, songs, and fiction are juxtaposed with iconic documents, such as "The Freedom Charter" adopted in 1955 by the African National Congress and its allies and Nelson Mandela's "Statement from the Dock" in 1964. Cacophonous voices—those of slaves and indentured workers, African chiefs and kings, presidents and revolutionaries—invite readers into ongoing debates about South Africa's past and present and what exactly it means to be South African.
The Future of Africa
Author: Jakkie Cilliers
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 429
ISBN-13: 303046590X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis open access textbook offers a critical introduction to human and economic development prospects in Africa revolving around three questions: where is Africa today, what explains the current state, and, given historical trends and what we know about the world, where do we think the continent will be in 2040? And, a final question: what can we do to create a better tomorrow? It models ambitious progress in health, demographics, agriculture, education, industrialization, technological leapfrogging, increased trade, greater stability, better governance and external support. The book reviews the future of work/jobs, poverty and the impact of climate change. A combined Closing the Gap scenario presents a forecast of what could be possible by 2040. Each chapter suggests which policies might accelerate prospects for each sector. Written in an accessible style, and supported by a range of pedagogical features, this textbook introduces undergraduate and graduate students to the contemporary human and economic development prospects in Africa.
The New South Africa
Author: William Edwin Bleloch
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2015-06-24
Total Pages: 526
ISBN-13: 9781330149607
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The New South Africa: Its Value and Development After so many books dealing with South Africa have been brought before the British people it may be thought that the subject has been exhausted, but the volumes that have hitherto appeared have been mainly concerned with the War and the past. The present book looks to the future. The title, "The New South Africa," has been chosen because it best indicates the purpose, viz. to show the Empire's new field of enterprise in the Colonies recently acquired, to describe their vast resources, and point out their possibilities under free development by vigorous British communities. In the abstract the title is equally suitable. The changes which will ensue through enlightened government in the Transvaal will be so great, that they will affect the older Colonies as well. All will share in the coming progress. Not alone will a new Transvaal and a new Orange River Colony be created, but there will be a new South Africa. This subject is of the utmost importance to the new Colonies, and of almost equal importance to the Empire; and the facts and ideas put forward, roughly and inadequately expressed as they may be, are presented in the hope that they will gain the interest not only of South Africans, but also of the people of Great and Greater Britain. Before letting the book leave my hands I desire to thank all friends who have assisted me, those who have made actual contributions, and others who have placed at my disposal valuable information and documents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
South Africa
Author: Godfrey Vincent
Publisher:
Published: 2015-01-20
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781631896781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text generates discussion and interest in a country that is rich in both material and cultural resources. It provides a well-rounded look at South Africa from diverse perspectives, and places South Africans at the center of their history.
South Africa and Its Future
Author: Elizabeth Vredenburgh (Van Pelt) Minot
Publisher:
Published: 1882
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13:
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Author: G. Ayittey
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-30
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 1137122781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Africa Unchained , George Ayittey takes a controversial look at Africa's future and makes a number of daring suggestions. Looking at how Africa can modernize, build, and improve their indigenous institutions which have been castigated by African leaders as 'backward and primitive', Ayittey argues that Africa should build and expand upon these traditions of free markets and free trade. Asking why the poorest Africans haven't been able to prosper in the Twenty-first-century, Ayittey makes the answer obvious: their economic freedom was snatched from them. War and conflict replaced peace and the infrastructure crumbled. In a book that will be pondered over and argued about as much as his previous volumes, Ayittey looks at the possibilities for indigenous structures to revive a troubled continent.
Our Continent, Our Future
Author: P. Thandika Mkandawire
Publisher: IDRC
Published: 2014-05-14
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 155250204X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOur Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.
The Making of Modern South Africa
Author: Nigel Worden
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012-01-10
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0470656336
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe new edition of The Making of Modern South Africa provides a comprehensive, current introduction to the key themes and debates concerning the history of this controversial country. Engagingly written, the author provides a sharp, analytical overview of the new South Africa. Examines the major issues in South Africa's history, from pre-colonial to present, including colonial conquest; the establishment of racism, segregation, and apartheid; resistance movements; and the eventual founding of democracy Contains an additional final chapter that takes the story to the present and considers the challenges and compromises of the first two decades of democracy Updated with material on post-apartheid era and current issues in South Africa The only book that gives direct guidance to bibliographical material and readings on key debates Provides a sharp, analytical overview of the new South Africa Extensive references are given to the key writings on each topic and the debates between scholars
Our Land, Our Life, Our Future
Author: Harvey M. Feinberg
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781868887484
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis ground-breaking book evaluates a topic central to the past century of South African history - the 1913 Natives Land Act and its consequences. Applying rigorous scholarly standards, the book analyzes, reassesses, and then challenges previously accepted ideas about the impact of the Natives Land Act. A product of meticulous research in major South African archives, the book is notable for its reference to a wide array of documents that scholars have until now neglected. A plethora of evidence provides the data to challenge major theories about the impact of the Natives Land Act and to illuminate changes in government land policy. The book convincingly demonstrates that, through African agency, black South Africans continued to buy land after 1913, thereby challenging the territorial segregation goals of the rural white population. It also includes important contrasts between the 1910-1948 period and the apartheid era. Our Land, Our Life, Our Future will appeal to a wide readership, including international researchers interested in land history, South African-oriented academics, and the South African legal community - lawyers, policymakers, and NGOs dealing with the land claims process. Readers will be intrigued by this rich vein of new material and will find that it includes important background information for the post-1994 restitution process. *** "...this is an important, insightful book sure to have wide interdisciplinary appeal. The Natives Land Act continues to have enormous symbolic (and legal) significance, and Feinberg nicely connects segregation with apartheid eras, past with present. Essential." - Choice, Vol. 53, No. 1, September 2015 *** Selected for the annual CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles list for 2015 in African studies. (Series: Hidden Histories) [Subject: African Studies, History, Legal History]
