num_pages: 234
description: This book provides a succinct overview of the past 1500 years of South African history, up to and including the government of Nelson Mandela. On the basis of a description of precolonial African societies and of colonial conquest, it concentrates on the economic and political transformations leading up to the radical changes of the past decade. Nevertheless, it also devotes much attention to the diversity of South African society and the vibrancy of its cultural life.
language: English
title: A Concise History of South Africa
titlecomplete: A Concise History of South Africa (Cambridge Concise Histories)
genres: History, South Africa, Africa, 20th Century, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 95
series: Cambridge Concise Histories
publisher: Cambridge University Press