Books in the Southern African Studies series

This book explores what happened to the South African homelands after the fall of apartheid. It argues that the homelands continue to persist as unresolved matter and that it is in relation to them that the crucial battle for true liberation at apartheid's end is fought. This account is central for understanding post-apartheid South Africa and postcolonial Africa in general.

This book explores what happened to the South African homelands after the fall of apartheid. It argues that the homelands continue to persist as unresolved matter and that it is in relation to them that the crucial battle for true liberation at apartheid's end is fought. This account is central for understanding post-apartheid South Africa and postcolonial Africa in general.

The essays in this book analyse aspects of Mandela's life in the context of South Africa's national history, and make an important contribution to the historiography of the anti-apartheid political struggle.