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Globally, it has become clear that mineral extraction, once heralded as the epitome of progress, is central to the Climate Crisis in the Anthropocene. In the latest volume of the African Dynamics Series, the contributors write histories and ethnographies of mining in southern Africa in which the human is decentred. 

 From 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026, the 35th edition of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations tournament, known in short as the 2025 AFCON or CAN 2025, is hosted by Morocco. 

This book is a rare history of how colonialism in southern Africa impacted cattle's subjective historical experiences. It explores major colonial impacts, including wagon labour, disease epidemics and veterinary infrastructure, but also the development of industrial slaughterhouses.