Southern Africa - 9780415310352

Taylor & Francis

Southern AfricaAuthor(s): Jonathan Farley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415310352, 978-0415310352\nSynopsis\nSouthern Africa surveys the contemporary history of the whole region encompassing economic, social, political, security, foreign policy, health, environmental and gender issues in one short succinct volume. \n\nPositioning the collapse of Portugals African Empire in the context of the regions history since 1945, Farley asserts that this collapse set in motion a train of events that eventually led to the transition of power from minority to majority rule in Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. He examines the experiences of these countries as well as the former High Commission territories of Swaziland, Botswana and Lesotho to analyse the kind of states that evolved and shows how Southern Africas present problems are the inevitable result of a long history of white rule. The book asses.