In 1800 Southern African affairs could be seen in the same context as developments in East or West Africa; today the situation is radically different. The author develops a number of significant themes in Southern African history since 1800 - social, economic and political - seeking to explain why and how events moved in a direction diametrically opposed to the rest of the continent.
Includes events in South Africa, Rhodesia and other countries that make up the sub-continent.