SOAN professor Jon Hyslop was in South Africa last week to deliver the keynote address at the meeting of the South African Historical Society. Professor Hyslop’s lecture, titled, “African Independence, the New Left and the Rebirth of Social History: 1956-1964,” generated quite a few tweets of interest and excitement, including one colleague who described him as a “historian rock star.” Take a look at some of these tweets from his fan base:
