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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Dear SAHS colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The SAHS/HASA Book Prize Committee is most pleased to announce the shortlist for the inaugural ‘</span><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">The Southern African History Book Prize.’
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">This prize recognizes the best scholarly history publication in book form, published by a southern African-based press, and of scholarly and academic merit as recognized by peers.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">We received numerous high-quality submissions that offered original research with fresh insights and interpretations, making the shortlisting process highly competitive and spirited.
We are grateful to all the publishers and authors for their contributions and are delighted to present the following shortlisted books, which exemplify cogency of writing, breadth of historical sources, novelty of insights, and significant contributions to
Southern African historiography:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">History of South Africa: From 1902 to the Present</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"> by Thula Simpson<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Dear Comrade President: Oliver Tambo and the Foundations of South Africa’s Constitution</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"> by
Andre Odendaal<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Convening Black Intimacy: Christianity, Gender and Tradition in Early-Twentieth Century South Africa</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">
by Natasha Erlank<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Marikana: A People's History</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"> by Julian Brown<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">The prize will be awarded during the 29<sup>th</sup> SAHS conference at the University of Johannesburg in June 2024. We extend our congratulations to the shortlisted authors and their
publishers and look forward to celebrating their achievements at the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">With best wishes, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">SAHS/HASA Book Prize Committee</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Prinisha Badassy</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Laura Phillips</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Julie Parle</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Thembisa Waetjen</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Ian Macqueen</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Laura Efron</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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