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Ireland and Southern African Project, Centre for Communications, Media and Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal, A4 format, softcover, illustrated, 188 pages, condition; as new.
Originally from Ireland, Donal McCracken has been an academic for over 40 years, with a research interest divided between environmental history, media history and Irish history including the Irish diaspora in Africa. The 18 books to his credit include ten sole-authored, three joint-authored and five edited. He was Dean of Humanities between 1994 and 2009, and subsequently at various times was acting College Dean of Research, Dean of Arts and head of Psychology. For seven years he was also chair of the Alan Paton Centre and Struggle Archive Advisory Board. He has been named South African Genealogist of the Year and won the Zululand Historical Society Award. He was the founding chair of the Durban Botanic Gardens Trust; is a former president of the Irish History Students Association; and was Irish Universities Debating Champion.