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‘This is the first book to bring Africa in from the margins and place it centrally into the big narratives of world economic history. The subject will never be the same again.’
- James Robinson
‘In this deeply thoughtful but broadly accessible tour of global economic history from the time of our savanna-roaming ancestors to the pandemic, Fourie distils the essence of a vast body of recent economic history research into teachable nuggets that raise as many questions as they answer. The African focus of his presentation will be instructive to many, and the prose delightfully engaging for all. His commitment to understanding the historical roots of prosperity and ensuring its wide distribution in the future makes this also one of the most humane economic histories I have read.’
– Anne McCants, Professor of History
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Soul of a Nation
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Balance of Power
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Our Poisoned Land
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Stellenbosch: Murder Town
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Nuclear
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The Lie of 1652
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Die moord op Deveney Nel
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The ANC’s Last Decade
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Skatryk
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Farm Killings in South Africa
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The Murder of Deveney Nel
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Behind Prison Walls
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Gangster
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It's Not Inside It's On Top
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Rapport 30 beste Bokke
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Capture in the Court
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Dirty Tobacco
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Mothers of the Nation
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The Thabo Bester Story
Marecia Damons, Daniel Steyn
Black Racist Bitch
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Femicide in South Africa
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Blood has a voice
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Tobacco Wars
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Hartstories van ons land se boere
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Bloed, dunner as water
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Great Johannesburg
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Hijackers on Board
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The Enemy Within
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The Rise or Fall of South Africa
Frans Cronje
Moord op Stellenbosch
Julian Jansen
Can we be safe?
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Moord op Pofadder
Charné Kemp
Power and Faith
Pontsho Pilane
We Can Fix Ourselves
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Living While Feminist
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How to Steal a Gold Mine: The Aurora Story
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Outopsie
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Not without my dogs
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Eight Days in July
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Deep Collusion
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It's Not About the Bats
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For the Love of the Land
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War Party
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The Future
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I Will Not Be Silenced
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The New Apartheid
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh
Hunting with the Hawks
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Met my honde
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