AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
This book is a thorough account of the Anglo-Boer War from the perspective of a Russian nursing sister, who volunteered in order to help the Boers’ cause […]
The text was published in three issues. The aim of the first issue is to depict the peculiarities of the location where the Anglo-Boer war takes place, since understanding these aspects seems crucial to grasp the nature of this conflict. The second issue is devoted to the era of the “great war”, encompassing the operations of General Buller and Lord Roberts until the occupation of Pretoria. […]
Vinogradskii, A.N.: The Anglo-Boer War in South Africa Read Post »
This brief (and probably fictional) memoirs is centred around a Russian woman – the mysterious author – who, having left her husband Nikolai after learning of his infidelity, decides to rejoin him when news reaches her that he has volunteered in the Anglo-Boer War […]
Mariia Z.: How I Became a Volunteer in Transvaal Read Post »
The narration begins with the author’s arrival in Cape Town, of which he praises the beauty, linking it to the civilisation introduced by the Europeans. Proceeding to Transvaal and then to Pretoria by train, he observes the dominance of Boers […]