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Synopsis
This book explores the history of the genocide of the native San people of the Cape and its modern outcome.
Until relatively recently, the marginalization of the San has been clearly reflected in the treatment of their extermination as little more than a footnote, and none of the recent works that deal with the destruction of San society explicitly analyze it as a case of genocide. The author argues that it is, since the group is no longer able to function as a viable social entity.
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About the Author
MOHAMED ADHIKARI is Associate Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town. He is the author of several books on colored identity, most recently Burdened by Race (2009, UCT Press), and teaches a course on Genocide Studies.
Review
“Anatomy of a South African Genocide provides a succinct and accessible summary of a large body of scholarship on San colonial history. This makes it useful to both academic and lay readers. The book is a high-quality contribution to public education about the colonial history of the San.”
― Mathias Guenther, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
“The Anatomy of a South African Genocide is provocative and consequential. By compellingly arguing that the extermination of the Cape San is genocide, Adhikari makes an argument with cultural, legal, and political implications in postapartheid South Africa. Akhikari’s clear prose and conveyance of complicated issues...make this short book suitable for a wider public audience and the college classroom.”
― H-Genocide
“The author's passion for this subject is palpable, driving a successful effort to present the disintegration of San society as a genocide.”
― The Historian
“In a time where fundamentalist intolerance, xenophobia, and racism still crop up constantly, Adhikari’s book serves as an apt, timely, and necessary call to guard against the horrors of such outrage.”
― African Studies Quarterly
“The book is well-written, well-argued, insightful, and makes significant contributions to the literature on San and South African history, and genocide.”
― Robert Hitchcock, Michigan State University
“The author’s research and command of the literature is impressive. The judgments are well balanced, fair and based on sound scholarship. This is an accessible book that will help to expand consciousness about the fate of the San and introduce ... students to debates about genocide in a colonial context.”
― Nigel Penn, University of Cape Town
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- PublisherDouble Storey
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1919895442
- ISBN 13 9781919895444
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages104
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