Peter Baxter Africa

17/05/2020

Sowing the seed of art in the Equatorial Bodypainting Festival.Origins 2020
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14/04/2020

14/04/2020

For the last eighteen months or so, as time permitted, I have been working on a small pet project, producing the first in a series of fifty-thousand word audio books, also available, as Kindle downloads, but primarily aimed at audio and podcast listeners...the idea is to treat individual episodes and stories as stand alone themes, in the belief, I suppose, that no-one really has the time these days to invest in the enormous tomes of yore that beat the panels of history from alpha to omega. Taken as a whole, as I add to them, I hope that a comprehensive, but very personal journey through the history of this burdened but beautiful region will come to light. They are all available on Amazon and on Audible, and also, of course, on my website, peterbaxterhistory.com...!

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12/10/2018

Just a heads-up for those who downloaded my Rhodesian history when it was on promo, and there were several hundred of you, don’t forget to give me a review on Amazon, and any comments or corrections direct to the email address supplied. Thanks!

07/09/2018

The full omnibus edition of my Rhodesian history, all 650 pages of it, in three parts, is on Amazon Kindle Free for five days, starting September 8 2018. Looking for feedback and reviews, mainly the latter. It is not by any means a sentimental hagiography, and no one comes out unscathed, but an objective look at a fascinating historic saga of the British imperial period in Africa. It has been reworked, but not pushed through the production mill yet, so any typos or errors please let me know. Download it free on Amazon for five days staring September 8. It is still available in hard-copy in South Africa and Zimbabwe, but if it generates any interest I will put it out in paperback. Thanks, and again, reviews, reviews, reviews…

Before there was Zimbabwe, there was Rhodesia, a British colony founded by the great capital imperialist Cecil John Rhodes, and administered by the British South Africa Company. Rhodesia was the last British territory in Africa, and the most difficult to divest. This is the story of a gifted land...

19/08/2018

I am putting out my Rhodesia history in Kindle. It is such an indigestible mass that I have broken it up into three parts. Any interested can find it for pre-order. This is part one, and parts two and three will follow fairly soon. Any typos or anything like I would appreciate hearing about.

This is Part I of the story of the British Colony of Rhodesia, forerunner of the state of Zimbabwe, covering events from the founding of the colony by British capital-imperialist Cecil John Rhodes to its establishment as a British Self Governing Colony in 1923. Renowned author and historian Peter...

24/06/2018

Twenty free promo codes are up for grabs for Of Passive and Violent Resistance on audio. drop a comment in below. First come first served, and please review!

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Towards the end of 1906, a meeting took place between two emerging giants of the age, Mohandas K. Gandhi and General Jan Christian Smuts. United under the same empire, but separated by distance and culture, Smuts was born in the Cape Colony, and Gandhi i.....

23/06/2018

Finally out on Audio! Please review and share, review, review and share! Enjoy!

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Towards the end of 1906, a meeting took place between two emerging giants of the age, Mohandas K. Gandhi and General Jan Christian Smuts. United under the same empire, but separated by distance and culture, Smuts was born in the Cape Colony, and Gandhi i.....

11/12/2017

20/10/2017

A quick note to apologise for the long delay in publishing a new episode of the podcast. Been out of circulation with a bronchial infection. New episode coming soon...!

23/09/2017

Entry to the Zeitz Mocaa in Cape Town is free at certain times for anyone with an African passport.

14/09/2017

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Peter Baxter History Podcast. I think we have at last put aside the imperial and colonial era, and we will start dealing now in more detail with matters of liberation an…

17/08/2017

This is the last in my series of programes dealing with the history of Rhodesia. It plots the beginning of the land crisis, and the war that brought the liberation of the colony in 1980. From here …

23/07/2017

Welcome to episode four of my overview of Rhodesian history. I am using these episodes as a vehicle to illustrate the general period of aggressive British territorial aquisition in Africa, that too…

14/06/2017

Welcome to Part III of the History of Rhodesia. This part deals with with the arrival in South Africa of Cecil John Rhodes, and his emergence as one of the principal financial and political persona…

24/05/2017

This is the second in my multi part series, the History of Rhodesia. I thought I would begin with an overview of the pre-colonial history of Zimbabwe, to set the stage for what will probably be qui…

27/04/2017

This is episode one in what I hope will be a three part series in the history and founding of Rhodesia. Rhodesia was, of course, the colonial iteration of Zimbabwe, and it was perhaps the most chal…

06/04/2017

16/03/2017

Here we examine and discuss the first arrival on the shores of South Africa of the European races. In 1488 the first Portuguese mariners made landfall at the Cape, but they did not attempt to settl…

15/03/2017

Thanks to John Winter & Hidden Rocks for some of these great shots!!

23/02/2017

As promised, Rob Caskie's Anglo Zulu War guest appearance on the Peter Baxter History Podcast is live. Navigate to the Anglo/Zulu War

24/01/2017

This is a little bit of a preparatory episode to set the stage for the guest appearance of Rob Caskie, who is currently recognized as one of the leading experts on the Anglo/Zulu War, in particular…

03/01/2017

The John Chilembwe Uprising was a a ‘Native Revolt’, in the terminology of the times, that took place in the British Protectorate of Nyasaland in January, 1915. Militarily, the uprising…

25/12/2016

This overview of the African Slave trade is a brief look at two branches of African slavery, the Atlantic and Indian Ocean branches. The former – the Atlantic trade, is the better known of th…

06/12/2016

Of Passive and Violent Resistance is my latest book, and it examines the issue of race and race relations in the British Empire against the backdrop of a unique relationship between two men who sto…

06/12/2016

Of Passive and Violent Resistance is my latest book, and it examines the issue of race and race relations in the British Empire against the backdrop of a unique relationship between two men who sto…

02/12/2016

Introducing my African History Podcast - this is episode II, episode I is a little experimental, and I might rerecord it, but feedback would be appreciated. You can also find the podcast on Itunes and PocketCast

This Episode tells the story of the Universities Mission to Central Africa, an initiative primarily of Cambridge and Oxford Universities to enter the un-mapped regions of Central Africa to put into…

29/11/2016

27/11/2016

17/10/2016