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Reviewing South African transnational relations

“Book Notes” is a semi-regular feature on books and other media, aimed at synthesizing new developments in Southern African, American, and transnational studies. The concise format allows for a prompt response to and reflection on rapidly changing socio-political formations and cultural trends, and the Book Notes are therefore not intended as a comprehensive review. They also, of necessity, reflect the impressions of the author rather than the official position of the journal. These Book Notes offer a brief overview of current material that articulates the shifting relationship between South Africa and the United States, but also South Africa’s engagement with global politics more broadly. Most of the extant studies are concerned with South African–American relations of the apartheid period; these notes are prefaced by a summary of current public debates in South Africa, articulating the country’s immediate engagement with global politics.