A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition

A magisterial history of South Africa, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present. Lynn Berat updates this classic text with a new chapter chronicling the first presidential term of Mbeki and ending with the celebrations of the centenary of South Africa s ruling African National Congress in January 2012.

A history that is both accurate and authentic, written in a delightful literary style. Archbishop Desmond Tutu