Histories

The First White Woman to Climb Table Mountain: She also witnessed the French Revolution first-hand

When Ethiopia Gave the Italians a Beating: Women warriors and the Battle of Adwa
Nick Dall

The Case for Reparations Revisited: Should Europe and America pay for slavery?

Matthew Blackman

The Scandal and the Irony of Turbott Wolfe: On William Plomer's forgotten masterpiece
Matthew Blackman

Convict Crisis at the Cape: John Fairbairn and the quest for democracy
Matthew Blackman

Book Excerpt: Drinks on the Governor!: The germination of corruption in South Africa.

The Transformations of Martin Guerre: Changing identities and romance in the Middle Ages
Matthew Blackman

The Colonialism of Albert Camus: Has he been misjudged by history?
Matthew Blackman

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