Examines the silicosis crisis in the South African mining industry, and reveals how the rate of, often fatal, tuberculosis among black migrant miners was hidden

South Africa's gold mines are the largest and historically among the most profitable in the world. Yet at what human cost? This book reveals how the mining indu

A journey through the history of African popular culture from the seventeenth century to the present day.

The most comprehensive book to date on the history of silicosis and the strategies used to combat it. Despite the common perception that “black lung” has be