South Africa

This book offers a range of perspectives on photography in Africa, bringing research on South African photography into conversation with work from several other places on the continent. The collection engages with the history of photography and its role in colonial regulation; with social documentat..

This account of the First Boer War of 1881-1881 shows how the British army was jolted out of its complacency by the effective fire and movement tactics of the Boers and the lethal effects of modern small arms. John Laband demonstrates how the Transvaal rebellion highlighted the problems of imperial ..