Who will be the post-apartheid Tutu, asks Anthony Egan. By the looks of his successor’s new book, it’s going to be Njongonkulu Ngundane.
A historical work about a murdered missionary in Lesotho recounts an era of gross hypocrisy, writes Anthony Egan.
Complexity and controversy are often signs of great history. Good, clear writing is usually a bonus. Yet all three are to be found in Hermann Giliomee’s new magnum opus. The subtitle says a lot too: this is primarily a collective biography of the Afrikaner people.Biography as a genre is a form of history that focuses […]
Review: The History of Inequality in South Africa 1652-2002: Sampie Terreblanche (University of Natal Press/KMM Review) Anthony Egan
Review: The new rulers of the world: John Pilger (Verso); Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalisation Debate: Naomi Klein (Flamingo); The Globalisation Myth: Alan Shipman (Icon Books) Anthony Egan
<b>Review:</b> Stupid White Men … And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!
Michael Moore
(Penguin)