The South Africa Reader is an extraordinarily rich guide to the history, culture, and politics of South Africa. With more than eighty absorbing selections, the Reader provides many perspectives on the country's diverse peoples, its first two decades as a democracy, and the forces that have shaped its history and continue to pose challenges to its future, particularly violence, inequality, and racial discrimination. Among the selections are folktales passed down through the centuries, statements by seventeenth-century Dutch colonists, the songs of mine workers, a widow's testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and a photo essay featuring the acclaimed work of Santu Mofokeng. Cartoons, songs, and fiction are juxtaposed with iconic documents, such as "The Freedom Charter" adopted in 1955 by the African National Congress and its allies and Nelson Mandela's "Statement from the Dock" in 1964. Cacophonous voices—those of slaves and indentured workers, African chiefs and kings, presidents and revolutionaries—invite readers into ongoing debates about South Africa's past and present and what exactly it means to be South African.

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Publisher

Duke University Press Books

Year

2013

Print ISBN

9780822355298, 9780822355144

eBook ISBN

Topic

Subtopic

Index

54

Galant

took 

an

ox

thong 

which 

he

doubled 

and

ﬂogged 

the

child 

with, 

after 

which 

he

brought 

it

home. 

When 

Betje 

came 

from 

the

water, 

my

master 

beat 

the

child 

again. 

The

water 

was

far

from 

the

house 

and

Betje 

had

gone 

there 

to

wash 

the

meat 

that 

was

to

be

dressed. 

Master 

beat 

the

child 

so

long 

till 

that 

it

was

silent, 

and

the

same 

evening 

of

that 

day

the

child 

died. 

I

was

not

at

home, 

for

I

was

out

to

collect 

ﬁfty-eight 

oxen 

belonging 

to

my

master. 

I

was

out

twenty-six 

days 

at

the

Carroo 

[Karoo; 

arid 

scrubland] 

for

the

cat-

tle. 

When 

I

came 

home 

my

wife 

Betje 

told 

me

all

those 

circumstances, 

on

which 

I

said 

I

would 

go

and

complain 

of

it,

but

she

answered 

that 

master 

had

asked 

her

pardon 

and

said 

that 

he

had

done 

it

in

a

passion, 

in

consequence 

of

which 

I

did

not

complain.

Note

1.

“The 

Trial 

of

Galant 

and

Others,” 

in

Records 

of

the

Cape 

Colony 

from 

February 

1793

to

April 

1831

(London: 

Printed 

for

the

Government 

of

Cape 

Colony, 

1897–1905), 

340.

Contents
A Note on Style
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
I. African Worlds, African Voices
II. Colonial Settlement, Slavery, and Peonage
III. Frontiers
IV. All That Glitters
V. United and Divided
VI. Apartheid and the Struggle for Freedom
VII. From Soweto to Liberation
VIII. Transitions and Reconciliations
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources
Index

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