Under the Shadow of Apartheid

Under King Sobhuza II, Swaziland was brought successfully to independence from the British some 20 years ago, without the violent conflict that bedevilled other African states. This study provides a synoptic view of the country's agrarian transformation and rural development since independence. The author draws heavily on research carried out by the Social Science Research Unit at the University of Swaziland, which is expanding our knowledge of contemporary Swaziland not only empirically, but also in terms of the debates about what questions need to be asked that will most usefully contribute both to academic and policy oriented studies.