A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition

A fresh and penetrating exploration of South Africa’s history, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present“I did not think it was possible for a white person to write a history of South Africa which a black South African would find to be a fair and accurate account of a beautiful land and its people.Leonard Thompson has disabused me of that notion. His is a history that is both accurate and authentic, written in a delightful literary style.”-Archbishop Desmond Tutu The Fourth Edition of this classic text brings South Africa's history up to date with a new chapter chronicling the first presidential term of Mbeki and ending with the funeral of Nelson Mandela. “An admirably objective history of South Africa . . . [that] will be most useful in contemplating the country’s future.”-Lorna Hahn, New York Times Book Review “This is a work of insight and durability that is certain to assist South Africa’s coming generation of nation-builders to reach a more objective