The Anatomy of a South African Genocide

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-919895-44-4
Verlag: UCT Press

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Dutch-speaking pastoralists who infiltrated the Cape interior dispossessed its aboriginal inhabitants (the Bushmen, or San) and damaged the environment with their destructive farming and hunting practises. In response to indigenous resistance, the colonists formed armed, mounted militia units known as commandos with the express purpose of destroying San bands. This ensured the virtual extinction of the Cape San peoples. The author argues that their fate amounted to genocide because there was clear intent to eradicate San society which, as a result of settler violence, was no longer able to reproduce itself biologically or culturally. This book explores the history of the genocide and its modern outcome.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adhikari, Mohamed

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chronology
- Definitions of genocide
- Introduction: Settler colonialism and San society
- Chapter 1: Colonial expansion through the eighteenth century
- Chapter 2: The dynamic of conflict on the frontier under Dutch rule
- Chapter 3: Attrition under British colonial rule
- Chapter 4: A case of genocide?
- Conclusion: Xaa-ttin’s lament
- Guide to further reading

Über Autor(innen)

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 coloured identity, such as Burdened by Race (UCT Press, 2008), and teaches a course at UCT and at Stanford University on Genocide Studies.