Bøker av Robert R. Edgar

This omnibus edition brings together concise and up-to-date biographies of Chris Hani, Wangari Maathai, Josie Mpama/Palmer, and Ken Saro-Wiwa. The volume complements history, social justice, and political science courses and is a useful collection for general readers interested in learning about Africäs most influential historical figures.

The latest in the Ohio Short Histories of Africa series, Josie Mpama/Palmer: Get Up and Get Moving tells the story of Josie Mpama/Palmer's activism and political legacy in South Africa and around the world.

On the morning of May 24, 1921, a force of eight hundred white policemen and soldiers confronted an African prophet, Enoch Mgijima, and some three thousand of his followers. In the event that has come to be known as the Bulhoek massacre, police killed nearly two hundred of these `Israelites'. In The Finger of God, Robert Edgar reveals how and why the Bulhoek massacre occurred.