This collection of documents constitutes a documentary of the causes of the South African wars from 1879-1915. The South African Wars were a series of wars that occurred in the southern portion of the African continent due to various countries' pursuit of power and resources. Ethnic, political, and social tensions among European colonial powers, as well as increasing hostilities between these powers and indigenous Africans, led to open conflict in a series of wars and revolts between 1879 and 1915.