Table of Contents

Part 1 The peopling of Southern Africa: from the later Stone Age to the early Iron Age; later Iron Age in the east; later Iron Age in the west; European colonization on the coast (to 1800); Mfecane wars in the east; Difaqane wars in the west. Part 2 Conquest and resistance: the Boer Trek, or Afrikaner Difaqane (c1800-1838); the rise of new colonies (c.1838-1868); the rise of new kingdoms (c1838-1868); mining development and the scramble for Africa (1868-1898); colonial conquest and African resistance (1887-1898); the triumph of European imperialism (1895-1906); the seeds of African nationalism (c1895-1906). Part 3 Colonialism and indendence: the rise of white settler power (1906-1922); the golden age of colonialism (1922-1939) - South Africa and South West Africa; the golden age of colonialism (1922-1939) - the High Commission Territories and the settler North; World War II and aftermath (1940-1953) - South Africa, the settler North, the High Commission Territories and South West Africa; apartheid and African independence (1953-1968) - South Africa, Union and Republic; apartheid and African independence (1953-1968) - "Southern" and "Central" Africa; the struggle continued (1968-1992).