Online Books

     
Women in South African History
Edited by Nomboniso Gasa
Representation & Reality: Portraits of women's lives in the Western Cape 1948 - 1976 by Helen Scanlon
I Remember: Reminiscences of the Struggle for Liberation and the Role of Indian South Africans, 1924 - 1958 Freedom In Our Life Time: The collected writings of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
Forging Freedom: Landmarks in A Century of Struggle 1906 - 2006

Celebrating 50 years of Freedom Charter: June 26 1955 - 2005 (PDF book)

It's Never Too Early: African Art and Craft in KwaZulu-Natal 1960 - 1990 by Jo Thorpe Karis & Carter Collection:
Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964,
Volume 1
Karis & Carter Collection:
From Protest to Challenge: A documentary history of African politics in South Africa 1882-1964
Volume 2
Black Viewpoint - edited by Steve Biko       
South Africa's Radical Tradition: A documentary history, Volume one 1907 – 1950. Edited by Alison Drew The Neglected Tradition: Towards a New History of South African Art (1930 - 1988)
South Africa's Radical Tradition: A documentary history, Volume two 1943 – 1964. Edited by Alison Drew. Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo - South Africa's Freedom Struggle
A Crime Against Humanity: Analysing the repression of the apartheid state - Max Coleman Kleio - articles

A Place in the City - Luli Callinicos

Culture in another South Africa
Amulets & Dreams - War, Youth and Change in Africa - Photographs by Guy Tillim and Omar Badsha Women and gender in Southern Africa to 1945
A Documentary History of South African Indians - Surendra Bhana & Bridglal Pachai (editors) The Diary of Maria Tholo
Black Student Politics: From SASO to SANSCO 1968 - 1990 - By Saleem Badat B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches

The All-African Convention: The Awakening of a people - By I.B. Tabata

A Life's Mosaic - The Autobiography of Phyllis Ntantala
The Broken String - Emilia Potenza Le Rona Rebatho - An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre
Commemorating the Centenary of Phoenix Settlement 1904 - 2004 No46 - Steve Biko
Cape Flats Details - Life and Culture in the Townships of Cape Town - Chris Ledochowski Robert McBride, A Coloured Life - Gomolemo Mokae
Class and Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 Sita, Memoirs of Sita Gandhi - Edited by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Frances Baard as told to Barbie Schreiner The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign - Ismail Vadi

Working Life - Luli Callinicos

Turning Points Books 1 - 6
Married To The Struggle - ‘Nanna' Liz Abrahams Tells her Life Story Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents: E.S. Reddy and F. Meer
A.I. Kajee - His Work For The South African Indian Community With Our Own Hands: Poverty Alleviation
Wilfrid H. Harrison - Memoirs of a Socialist in South Africa 1903 - 1947 The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - By D.D.T. Jabavu

Say It out Loud

ORGANISE... or STARVE! The History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
From Gqogqora To Liberation:
The Struggle was my life
The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 - by Eddy Maloka
Side by side History of the Muslims in South Africa: A Chronology - Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
The Soul of a Nation Johnny Gomas: Voice of the Working Class
In search of ‘Feedom, Fair Play and Justice’ Labour Struggles in South Africa: The Forgotten Pages - A book by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
The Rôle of the Missionaries in conquest The Eye of the Needle - Toward Participatory Democracy in South Africa - Richard Turner

Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents

Gold and Workers - Luli Callinicos

A Historical Overview of Madressa Education

  All That Glitters - Emilia Potenza

Extracts from the book 'A long walk to Freedom'. Nelson Mandela's autobiography (outside link).

     
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