SA reads discussion

discussing non- fiction

At some time in the future, I'd be interested in learning how the Apartheid System came to be established in the first place, how it ultimately was ended, and how SA renounced its nuclear weapons.

Hey Dave, those are references I'd have to look up. I know more about the abolishment and democracy. Would be an interesting read.

Dave,
In order to begin to understand South Africa, it is of paramount importance to have an inkling of how things work on this dark continent.
I would like to very strongly recommend that you read
"The State of Africa" by Martin Meredith before you even start to try and understand.

Thanks, Leon.

I've just started reading The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, It's pretty good, so far. I've never read Doyle before. The publisher has a blurb about him from which I excerpted this:
"During the Boer war in South Africa (1899–1902), Doyle served several months as the senior physician at a field hospital. There he wrote The War in South Africa in which he expressed the imperial view."

I was wondering if anyone here is familiar with this work of Doyle's. And also, I wonder if there are any good books, fiction or non-fiction, about this period.

I've never read Doyle. Read too bloody much about the Anglo- Boer War at school. The textbook was green. The teacher taught by making us summaries each chapter. Imagine that from standard 2 to standard 5. I have now repressed my memories of this period.

The same guy who wrote Sherlock Holmes?

Yep, same author! I enjoy his works but have never read The War in South Africa. I liked the ending of "The Lost World."

I am currently reading Diamonds Gold & War by Martin Meredith
I am afraid that reading a book like this in one sitting is not something I can do. I like to stop and consider what I have read. This book is much easier reading than Thomas Pakenham's The Boer War.