Daniel Sher Author

Peter Delius is Professor Emeritus in the History Department at Wits University. He has spent most of his adult life researching political systems and struggles in rural South Africa and the nature and impact of migrant labour. Books he has authored and edited of particular relevance to this biography include: The Land Belongs to Us, A Lion Amongst the Cattle, Mpumalanga: History and Heritage and with L. Phillips (eds,) A Long Way Home: Migrant Worker Worlds 1860–2014. Daniel Sher grew up in Johannesburg and studied history at Wits University. He has worked in education rights advocacy and in 2018 completed an MA in History at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He works on a variety of research projects with Peter, particularly on matters of land restitution.