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The article focuses on the study of history and social anthropology in South Africa. Most professional historians assumed that the study of Africans belonged to the discipline of anthropology because African societies had been changeless and no evidence existed to allow historians to recover the history of African lives. Author David Hammond-Tooke suggested for historians to draw on ethnographic studies and modern anthropological models, which could help scholars to understand the processes of the past.

Presents a conference session on reflections on writing and teaching history in Africa in the twenty-first century, during the University of Cape Town History Department Centenary Colloquium in South Africa. Theme; Keynote speakers; Topics discussed.

Presents a conference session on writing and teaching the history of health, disease and medicine in Africa in the twenty-first century, during the University of Cape Town History Department Centenary Colloquium in South Africa. Theme; Keynote speakers, Topics discussed.

Presents a conference session on writing and teaching national history in Africa in an era of global history, during the University of Cape Town History Department Centenary Colloquium in South Africa. Theme; Keynote speakers; Topics discussed.