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Thabo Mbeki: Understanding a Philosopher of Liberation 塔博·姆贝基：理解一位解放哲学家

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1414396

W. Mpofu

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As the Crow Flies: My Bushman Experience with 31 Battalion 乌鸦飞:我在31营的布须曼经历

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1399530

A. Wessels

引用次数: 1

Imperiale Somer: Suid-Afrika tussen Oorlog en Unie, 1902–1910 帝国之夏：战争与联邦之间的南非，1902-1910

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1403118

C. Muller

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Understanding Zimbabwe: From Liberation to Authoritarianism 了解津巴布韦:从解放到专制

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1403123

Lotti Nkomo

引用次数: 19

Colonial Cinema in Africa: Origins, Images, Audiences 非洲殖民电影:起源、影像、观众

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1327182

George Bishi

引用次数: 8

Verwoerd: Só Onthou Ons Hom 我们记得他。

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1326571

F. Nöthling

引用次数: 0

Trophies, Relics and Curios? Missionary Heritage from Africa and the Pacific 奖杯、文物和古玩？来自非洲和太平洋的传教士遗产

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1327503

C. Holdridge

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Europe’s First Settler Colonial Incursion into Africa: The Genocide of Aboriginal Canary Islanders 欧洲第一个殖民者对非洲的殖民入侵：对加那利群岛原住民的种族灭绝

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1336863

M. Adhikari

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引用次数: 55

The Idea of a Good and Bad Gemeinschaft in William Bloke Modisane’s Autobiography, Blame Me on History 威廉·布洛克·莫迪萨内自传《怪我历史》中的“好与坏”思想

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1341466

Lucky M Mathebe

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Die Herero-Opstand, 1904–1907 赫雷罗州，1904–1907

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1326562

F. J. Nöthling

引用次数: 0