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‘The Valiant Englishman’: Christopher Bethell, Montshiwa's Barolong and the Bechuanaland Wars, 1878-1886

Andrew Hayden Manson
January 1, 2022

50 years of The Freedom Charter

Raymond Suttner
March 2, 2023

Above the Skyline: Rev Tsietsie Thankdekiso and the founding of an African Gay Church

Graeme Reid
May 29, 2013

African Initiatives in Healing Ministry

Lilian Dube, Tabona Shoko, Stephen Hayes
June 30, 2011

Against the world: South Africa and Human Rights at the United Nations 1945-1961

Jeremy Shearer
November 12, 2011
Black lettering of author name at top with book title in middle on white block. Background photographic image of torso of male African figure, from 2 different angles (2 side views, one frontal), combined with horizontal white band and black line mediveal drawing of one-eyed cyclops figure

The Anatomy of Power: European Constructions of the African Body

Alexander Butchart
June 30, 1997

The ANC's Early Years

Peter Limb
June 30, 2010

And we forgave them: Stories from Struggle Against Apartheid in Venda, South Africa

Lilian T Moufhe, Ndangeni P Phaswana; Michael O'Loughlin
June 14, 2018

Because They Chose The Plan of God: The Bulhoek Massacre

Robert Edgar
February 22, 2012

Beyond the Mountain: Queer life in Africa's Gay Capital

B Caminga (ed)
December 21, 2020

BOTSWANA’S parliamentary democracy revisited

David Sebudubudu (ed), Bertha Z Osei Hwedie (ed), Balefe Tsie (ed)
October 18, 2017
Sepiatone historic illustration of a ship with British flag sailing on the sea against a horizon line of mountains and clouds, with green letters (in white outline) of the main book title at the top, and the author's name at the bottom

The Cape of Good Hope and foreign contacts 1735-1755

Maurice Boucher
December 30, 1985

Capricious Patronage and Captive Land: A Socio-political History of Resettlement and Change in South Africa's Eastern Cape, 1960 to 2005

Luvuyo Wotshela (ed)
November 14, 2018
Greyscale photo in background of a landscape with a bridge, with modern red lettering of the book title at the top against a white background. Th author's name is at the bottom in thin black lettering.

Ceres van gister en eergister

Francois Botma
June 30, 1997
cover with dotted yellow background, with abstract figurine in foreground, and circular uneven blob shapes in many colours surrounding the figure.

Critically diverse perspectives on Covid-19: Interviews with a varied range of South Africans

Sayan Dey (ed), Shankhadeep Chattopadhyay (ed)
June 21, 2023
Blue main title lettering at top right, beneath a blue photorealistic feather quill/imitating a pen/writing action on a blue triangular page-like watery surface, against a green background forming a horison line, on which white lettering of subtitle is placed.

Culture in retrospect: Essays in honour of ED Prinsloo

A.P.J. Roux, P.H. Coetzee; J Margolis , D.F.M. Strauss, A.M.T. Meyer , P Duvenage , P.H. Coetzee, P Higgs, W Kistner , W.J. Jordaan , J Heidema , W Labuschagne , A.J. Antonites , M Faure , F.C. de Beer , J Wilkinson, M Schoeman , J Hund, M Macnamara, Z Postma-de Beer, J Broodryk
June 30, 2001
Cover image: front: ``Defiant Images: Photography and Apartheid South Africa

Defiant Images: Photography and Apartheid South Africa

Darren Newbury
April 26, 2009

Discordant Village Voices: A Zambian Community Based Wildlife Programme

Stuart Marx
February 12, 2014
Sepia photo in the veld of kneeling Albert Luthuli in a white shirt, hand on chin, with yellow capital letters for main book title, and white lettering above and below. The 2 editors' names are below in small yellow & outlined lettering.

The Faces and Phases of Inkosi Albert Luthuli: Reflections

Puleng Segalo, Tinyiko Chauke; Mfaniseni Wiseman Mbatha, Sibangilizwe Maphosa, Vitus Nanbigne, Rivonia Naidu, Akhona Ndzuta, Raymond Suttner, Keaobaka Tsholo, Siphamandla Zondi
June 14, 2024
Black lettering (book title) at top right against a pale blue background, with line drawings (top left: Jan van Riebeeck drawn within an outline map of France, and at the bottom left, a line drawing of the Hugenote monument, inside a map outline of South Africa. The author's name is in small black capital letters at the bottom left-hand side of the cover.

French speakers at the Cape: The European background

Maurice Boucher
December 31, 1981
Detailed pencil drawing of 3 Roman soldiers on horseback, portrayed at high speed and charging into the battledfield, with weapons raised. The drawing is framed in navy blue and placed against a deep red background. The author's name is placed in white capital letters at the top of the cover, and the main title is placed on a rectangle at the top, overlapping the drawing.

Gaius Marius: A political biography

Richard J Evans
December 31, 1994
Grey to turquoise colour background with white outlined main title and part of subtitle, with the word Perspective in dark navy lettering at the top of the cover. IN the middle of the cover, three simplified outline designs of pillars are foregrounded, of three different lengths and with sets of white rows of icons representing people balanced on top of each of the three pillars. The authorás name is on a grey-blue banner at the bottom of the page.

Governmental Relations: A South African Perspective

Jan J Hattingh
December 31, 1998

The Haarlem Shipwreck (1647): The Origins of Cape Town

Bruno Werz
November 5, 2017
Plain capital letters main title and author name in lowercase, placed on simple plain light grey background.

The Historian's net

S B Spies
December 30, 1981

The housing question: Race, class and space in Johannesburg 1994-2017

Thozamile Botha
July 15, 2025

Khongolose: A Short History of the ANC in the North West Province from 1909

Andrew Manson (ed), Bernard Mbenga (ed), Arianna Lissoni (ed)
March 15, 2017

Making an African university in the service of humanity: Professor Mandla Makhanya’s speeches

Abbey Makoe (ed), Muxe Nkondo (ed)
March 19, 2021

Mandela & Mbeki: The Hero and the Outsider

Lucky Mathebe
June 30, 2012
front cover book photo with seascape with the Cape Drakensberg silhouette in the background, with lettering of title at top, and author and contributors listed below

The Moltenos of the Cape

Selina Molteno, Robert Molteno; Catherine Corder, Hugh Corder
June 30, 2025

Mothering African Women's Theologies: Pioneers of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

September 10, 2025
Red main title lettering on right, with an airplane maked with the South African flag colours, is flying downwards towards another globe. Ths Author's name is in white at the bottom, right. The book subtitle is in blue lettering on the bottom right of the cover.globe

The New Great Trek: The story of South Africa's white exodus

Johann Van Rooyen
June 30, 2000
Blue and dark brown historic etching depicting an African harbour and bay scene, with 3 labourers in the foreground and a sailboat at the back. The main title and subtitle is in dark brown at the top, and the authors names are in white lettering below.

North of the Limpopo: Africa since 1800

Ken Smith, F J Nöthling 
December 31, 1993
Sepia brown lettering of main title in capital letters with brown line drawing of a map on the green background. The name of the author is in brown lettering at the bottom of the cover, and on the left-hand side is a brown line drawing of a large oxwagon wheel.

Die oorsprong van die Groot Trek

C F J Muller
June 30, 1987
Mustard background and deep mauve lettering is used for the author's name at the top, and the main title, with 2 thin lines inbetween. The central artwork placed below the lettering is a graphic rendering of a white male in profile, left, mirrored back to back against the profile of a black male.

Op die vooraand van Apartheid: Die rassevraagstuk en die blanke politiek in Suid-Afrika, 1939-1948

J P Brits
December 31, 1994

Our land, our life, our future

Harvey Feinberg
February 26, 2015
colour photo of a young rural Senegalese woman carrying a pumpkin on her head and a baby on her back. At the bottom of the cover, the main title is in white lettering, the subtitle is in orange and the name of the editor is in small white lttering on a horizontal black band.

Participation paysanne et developpement rural au Senegal

Mamadou Niang; Hamady Bocoum, Cheikh Oumar Ba, Alexis Campal, Abdou Salam Fall, Alioune Fall, Rokhaya Fall, El Hadji Seydou Nourou Toure
December 31, 2005

Philip Quaque’s Letters to London, 1763-1811

Adélékè Adeeko (ed)
October 15, 2017
The book cover comprises of rectangles in light and dark green, separated with thin white lines. The book title and author's names are all in white bold italics lettering.

Power and beliefs in South Africa: Economic potency structures in South Africa and their interaction with patterns of conviction in the light of Christian ethic

Klaus Nurnberger
December 31, 1988

Queer Kinship: South African perspectives on the sexual politics of family-making and belonging

Tracy Morison (ed), Ingrid Lynch (ed), Vasu Reddy (ed)
December 18, 2018

Religious Ideas and Institutions: Transitions to Democracy in Africa

E J Keller
May 30, 2011

Road to Democracy In South Africa Volume 8 Part 1

June 15, 2015

Robben Island To Wall Street

Gaby Magomola
June 12, 2009

Searching for South Africa: The new calculus of dignity

Shireen Essof (ed), Dan Moshenberg (ed)
June 30, 2011

The Secret thread: Personal journeys beyond Apartheid

Deborah Ewing
August 2, 2018
White lettering for main title at the top of the book cover, with the author's name in smaller white lettering at the bottom - all lettering is centred and placed a=on a plain dark brown cover. IN the centre of the cover is a historic pen sketch of a mountain range surrounding the town of Philippolis, with some primitive rural architectural structures and silhouettes of people visible.

Die sendingstasie Phillippolis 'n Histories-opvoedkundige studie

I S J Venter
December 15, 2025

Social Memory as a force for Social and Economic Transformation

Muxe Nkondo (ed)
March 26, 2021
Colleage-style cover of historic newspaper in beige screens in the background, with dark brown title lettering at the top for the title, and the name of the author placed at the bottom right also in dark brown lettering.

South Africa's General Elections 1910-1981: Suid-Afrikaanse Algemene Verkiesingsmanifeste 1910-1981

W A Kleiynhans
June 30, 1987
The book cover has a top wine red band with 2 white lines, followed by a lime green plain background, on which the English and Afrikaans titles are displayed in large white lettering , with the number 3 large and in wine red on green. The names of the two editors are printed in small wine red letters at the bottom part of the book cover.and volume

South African Theological Bibliography Vol 3 : Suid-Afrikaanse Teologiese Bibliografie 3

CFA Borchardt; W S Vorster
June 30, 1988
Main title in capital letters in wine red, with patterns of dates against a beige background.

Spes in arduis: 'n geskiedenis van die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika

Maurice Boucher
December 31, 1973

Spiritual Path, Spiritual Reality: Selected writings of Shaykh Yusuf of Macassar

Yousuf Dadoo (ed), Auwais Rafudeen (ed)
January 30, 2020
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