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From the iconic landscapes of Table Mountain to the vibrant streets of Cape Town, the guide unveils the tapestry of experiences awaiting every traveler. Dive into the rich cultural heritage of Soweto, witness wildlife wonders in Kruger National Park, and savor the coastal bliss of Durban.

This is a simple five-session language course for learning key words and phrases in Sesotho. Sesotho, also known as Southern Sotho, is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Lesotho and South Africa. The language has a rich history, deeply intertwined with the history of the Basotho people. It was standardized in the 19th century by Christian missionaries, who developed a written form using the Latin alphabet.

Scars on the Land is the first comprehensive history of American slavery to examine how the environment fundamentally formed enslaved people's lives and how slavery remade the Southern landscape. Over two centuries, from the establishment of slavery in the Chesapeake to the Civil War, one simple calculation had profound consequences: Rather than measuring productivity based on outputs per acre, Southern planters sought to maximize how much labor they could extract from their enslaved workforce.

Alex Green’s latest SAS thriller! If you're a fan of Andy McNab's fast action style, then you'll love this one. Everyone has a skeleton somewhere in their closet. Sometimes it is obvious, sometimes you need to search it out, but it’s always there… Rob Coleman has a few of them. As Managing Director of offshore diamond miner Nam Rocks in Lüderitz, it seems obvious who he is. But is he involved in scamming his own company? Artem Putin is his head of security. This is a man with many skeletons, some of them worse than others, but none of them nice. He is a man with a big history. When ...

Amanda “Mandy” Kirkpatrick was once a rising star in the art world. But when she fell in love with pastor Owen Douglas, she put her dreams on hold and her paints to one side. Mandy focused all her energies on supporting her husband and creating for their children the loving, stable home-life she herself had lacked. She planned to return to her career when the kids started school, but as the years passed her brushes remained dry. Then came a move that changed everything. Owen’s new congregation has rigid ideas of how their pastor and wife should behave. He throws himself into the work ...

After decades of war, South Sudan became an independent country in 2011. Though its people face struggles as they build their new nation, they do have reason for national pride. Their country contains Bandingilo National Park, which hosts one of the largest annual animal migrations. This title describes the birth of South Sudan and its efforts to create a national identity.

The African is Harold Courlander’s critically-acclaimed novel of the slave trade as seen through the eyes of Hwesuhunu. An insightful journey through the volatile frontiers of American slavery, this unforgettable story is the riveting primary source for Alex Haley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Roots.

At dusk, on a warm evening in 2016, a group of 40 men gathered in the corner of a dusty field on a farm outside Parys in the Free State. Some were in fury. Others treated the whole thing as a joke - a game. The events of the next two hours would come to haunt them all. They would rip families apart, prompt suicide attempts, breakdowns, divorce, bankruptcy, threats of violent revenge and acts of unforgivable treachery. These Are Not Gentle People is the story of that night and of what happened next.

Embark on a captivating journey through the heart of Juba, South Sudan, with Entrepreneurship: An Introduction, a book that stitches together the vibrant fabric of African culture with the threads of digital innovation. This is not just a story; it’s a movement, a testament to the power of dreams and the digital tools that can make them a reality. Discover the world of Panyim, a young and passionate entrepreneur whose traditional clothing shop, Nile Threads, becomes a canvas for his dreams. But when the dreams are big, the challenges rise to meet them. Panyim’s struggle with the ...

Journey into the heart of South Sudan’s Nuer tribe with The Individual: The First Societal Unit, a captivating tale that weaves the rich fabric of African culture with the universal quest for identity and belonging. In this evocative narrative, follow Panyim, a young Nuer man standing at the threshold of adulthood, as he navigates the sacred rites and communal responsibilities that will define his place within his tribe. With each line etched on his forehead during the Gär ceremony, Panyim’s personal journey becomes deeply entwined with the collective destiny of his people. Guided by ...

After moonrise on the cold night of January 21, 1897, a mob of 25 White men gathered in a patch of woods near Big Road in Southwestern Simpson County, Kentucky. Half carried rifles and shotguns, and a few tucked pistols in their pants. Their target was George Dinning, a freed slave who'd farmed peacefully in the area for 14 years and who had been wrongfully accused of stealing livestock from a neighboring farm. When the mob began firing through the doors and windows of Dinning's home, he fired back in self-defense, shooting and killing the son of a wealthy Kentucky family.

In this powerful personal narrative, Gregory Dybec recounts his short yet eventful trip to South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup where he encountered a series of unforgettable situations, from a memorable collection of new friends, to life-threatening car rides, to an image of violence impossible to shake. This gripping nonfiction narrative examines a country, its people, and the complexities of life under the festive backdrop of one of the world's largest sporting events.

Descend into the heart of a personal hell alongside Panyim and Nyakor, a Nuer couple from war-torn South Sudan. Emberverse is a collection of searing poems that explores the depths of human suffering, loss, and the fight for redemption. Haunted by memories of violence and burdened by the weight of the past, Panyim and Nyakor grapple with their own demons. Through their voices, we confront the complexities of forgiveness, the yearning for peace, and the unwavering resilience of the human spirit. Woven with rich Nuer symbolism and imagery, these poems paint a vivid picture of both the harsh ...

The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history. In 1884, Prince Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war.

Ranna Abramson wants to disappear. But she knows she can’t keep running when a former enemy tracks her down in Mumbai with dire news: her onetime lover, journalist Alex Derksen, has disappeared back home in South Africa. Torn between her desire for him and fear of a homecoming, Ranna knows she’s the only one who can find him. But only two things in South Africa would welcome her - the inside of a cell or the bottom of a grave. There, to the police she’s the prime suspect of three murders. To the press she’s the serial killer Black Widow.

In this episode of Side Piece Chronicles, Tyrone Price finds himself torn between Samantha, the mother of his unborn twins, and Tammy, the woman his heart desires. However, Samantha's husband, Anthony refuses to let his wife go so easily.

While every South African has a story to tell, this is one story that represents the millions that created and maintained the legend of Madiba. While the western mind is amazed at Madiba, the indigenous mind simply shrugs and says, he did as we did, what any human being would do under the circumstances.

Millions of Black South African workers struggled against apartheid to redeem employment and production from a history of abuse, insecurity, and racial despotism. Almost two decades later, however, the prospects of a dignified life of wage-earning work remain unattainable for most South Africans. Through extensive archival and ethnographic research, Franco Barchiesi documents and interrogates this important dilemma in the country's democratic transition.

Maurice Wilson lives in Salt River, a small town near Cape Town, South Africa. He is the son of a black father and a Caucasian mother. After the sudden death of his parents he makes the decision to move to High River, Alberta, Canada, the place of his mother’s birth in search of a sense of belonging. He becomes a Canadian citizen, is employed as a mail carrier for Canada Post. The morning of his first day on the job he meets Alison Pierce, a plain woman whose silent passions run deep. Shortly into her relationship with Maurice all her hopes for fulfillment plummet however she continues to...

Since the night Atlanta mayor, self-made millionaire, and womanizer Jamison Jackson plummeted from the top floor of a downtown hotel, everyone seems to have profited, from vicious criminals to corrupt politicians. Everyone except his jilted first wife Kerry. Once a socialite, she's now the prime suspect in Jamison's alleged murder. But she swears she's no killer - and surprisingly, Jamison's widow Val agrees. For all they know, it was Coreen, the mother of Jamison's secret love child.