policymakers move reform forward. South Africa’s intractable economic problems in , which are similar to the concentration of wealth in the United States, provide much of the fire for Julius Malema’s attacks on the government. The time has come to stare Rhodes down. This important book nevertheless brings together primary sources covering a wide range of South African history and culture. Instructors and students will find much to consider. They will also discover why South Africa and South Africans represent such a fascinating microcosm of our world. Instructors can compensate for the omission of Rhodes and Glen Grey. Robert Rotberg’s The Founder will help. Adam Habib’s South Africa’s Suspended Revolution restates the problem well. Ironically, some solutions have long been advocated in one of Rhodes’s best legacies – his land grant to the University of Cape Town, whose scholars continue to reveal and attack remnants of his racist policies. Abusive capitalism, you are next. KENNETH WILBURN East Carolina University INDIGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS SOURCES The Akan People: A Documentary History. By Kwasi Konadu. Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2014. Pp. xv + 446. $68.95, hardback (ISBN 978-0-44879-5795). doi:10.1017/S0021853715000481 Key Words: West Africa, Ghana, sources, exploration/travel, oral sources. This book, the first in a two-volume anthology, is a compilation of the history of the Akan from indigenous (African) and exogenous (European/Islamic) sources, and offers contribu- tions from almost unimpeachable primary and secondary sources in the form of eye- witness accounts, diaries, and journal articles. The sources in this volume are separated into two categories: indigenous and exogenous. Alongside the well-written prefatory essay that provides a context for reading and using the sources provided in the book, Part One gives an overview of Akan cultural history and con- sequently of this collection at large. The first contribution from Kenya Shujaa assesses the current states of knowledge about the Akan past and equips readers with some of the major research questions that have guided investigations into Akan prehistory. This essay inter alia focuses on the question of Akan origins and the processes of urbanism and state formation. Shujaa approaches the study of Akan history from a landscape per- spective, employing multiple scales of analysis in her review. What is interesting about her contribution is her masterful synthesis of Ghanaian archaeology, history, and linguis- tics in recreating Akan history. Following Shujaa, Kwame Daaku’s ‘History in the Oral Traditions of the Akan’ offers a prelude to the category of indigenous sources that follow his contribution. Daaku evaluates the historical content in oral traditions and reflects upon JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORY vol .  , no .  