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Legacies of Forced Removals in South Africa
Accounting for Children's Reflections of Displacement in the Western Cape
Efua Tembisa Prah
This book focuses on experiences from various backgrounds of six children who lived in temporary relocation areas in Cape Town, South Africa. Themes identified examined the effects of forced removals, displacement, and marginality on the lifeworlds of children.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839982668
December 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This book focuses on experiences from various backgrounds of six children who lived in temporary relocation areas in Cape Town, South Africa. Themes identified examined the effects of forced removals, displacement, and marginality on the lifeworlds of children.
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Kenya and the Politics of a Postcolony
Wanjala S. Nasong’o
This book examines the governance and politics of Kenya since independence with a particular focus on the betrayal by the political class of the aspirations of anticolonial nationalism.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839980275
July 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This book examines the governance and politics of Kenya since independence with a particular focus on the betrayal by the political class of the aspirations of anticolonial nationalism.
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Captain Philip Beaver’s African Journal
Edited by Carol Bolton, Christopher Brown
Captain Philip Beaver’s journal, originally published in 1805, recounts his attempt to establish a colony in West Africa with British settlers to demonstrate that cooperation between Africans and Europeans could supply the tropical produce provided by West Indian plantations, so proving the unhumanitarian transatlantic slave trade to be unnecessary.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839983405
September 2023
Active
£165.00 / $165.00Captain Philip Beaver’s journal, originally published in 1805, recounts his attempt to establish a colony in West Africa with British settlers to demonstrate that cooperation between Africans and Europeans could supply the tropical produce provided by West Indian plantations, so proving the unhumanitarian transatlantic slave trade to be unnecessary.
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Culture and Conflicts in Sierra Leone Mining
Strangers, Aliens, Spirits
Fenda Akiwumi
This book argues that mining area conflicts of Sub-Saharan African countries, like Sierra Leone, and their impacts on mineral development and policy stem from cultural differences in land governance. Extractive industries operating under state laws, which have roots in colonial policies, clash with customary land governance system through landlord-stranger relations.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839988097
August 2022
Active
£110.00 / $110.00This book argues that mining area conflicts of Sub-Saharan African countries, like Sierra Leone, and their impacts on mineral development and policy stem from cultural differences in land governance. Extractive industries operating under state laws, which have roots in colonial policies, clash with customary land governance system through landlord-stranger relations.
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African Memoirs and Cultural Representations
Narrating Traditions
Toyin Falola
In this book, memoirs by West African writers are discussed as repositories of African communities, ranging from the traditional to the contemporary. Each memoir examined analyzes and sheds light on the inner workings of society via the individual, including the dynamic processes of African cultures, civilizations, and peoples.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839987731
July 2022
Active
£110.00 / $110.00In this book, memoirs by West African writers are discussed as repositories of African communities, ranging from the traditional to the contemporary. Each memoir examined analyzes and sheds light on the inner workings of society via the individual, including the dynamic processes of African cultures, civilizations, and peoples.
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Improvisations of Empire
Thomas Pringle in Scotland, the Cape Colony and London, 1789–1834
Matthew Shum
‘Improvisations of Empire’ examines the varied career of Thomas Pringle, a Scottish poet and journalist. It engages his formative Scottish years, his stay in South Africa and his subsequent residence in London where he became the secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society and a well-known editor.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785273780
April 2020
Active
£125.00 / $125.00‘Improvisations of Empire’ examines the varied career of Thomas Pringle, a Scottish poet and journalist. It engages his formative Scottish years, his stay in South Africa and his subsequent residence in London where he became the secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society and a well-known editor.