This is a programme under the theme, Against all odds: African Languages and Literatures into the 21st Cntury. It took place at Asmara, Eritrea in January 11-17, 2000.
There can be little doubt that the new Oxford History of South Africa re- presents a major andessential first step in the rethinking of South African history. While in the 1930s and 1940s South …