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Regarding Muslims: From Slavery to Postapartheid
Gabeba Baderoon
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Paperback. How do Muslims fit into South Africa's well-known narrative of colonialism, apartheid and postapartheid? South Africa is infamous for apartheid, but the country's foundation was laid by 176 years of slavery from 1658 to 1834, which formed a crucible of war, genocide and systemic sexual violence that continues to haunt the country today. Num Pages: 224 pages, Colour section with 10 images. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
How do Muslims fit into South Africa's well-known narrative of colonialism, apartheid, and postapartheid? South Africa is known for apartheid, but the country's foundation was laid by 176 years of slavery from 1658 to 1834, which formed a crucible of war, genocide, and systemic sexual violence that continues to shape the country today. Enslaved people from East Africa, India, and Southeast Asia, many of whom were Muslim, would eventually constitute the majority of the population of the colony. Drawing on an extensive popular and official archive, Regarding Muslims analyzes the role of Muslims from South Africa's founding moments to the ... Read more
How do Muslims fit into South Africa's well-known narrative of colonialism, apartheid, and postapartheid? South Africa is known for apartheid, but the country's foundation was laid by 176 years of slavery from 1658 to 1834, which formed a crucible of war, genocide, and systemic sexual violence that continues to shape the country today. Enslaved people from East Africa, India, and Southeast Asia, many of whom were Muslim, would eventually constitute the majority of the population of the colony. Drawing on an extensive popular and official archive, Regarding Muslims analyzes the role of Muslims from South Africa's founding moments to the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Wits University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
356g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781868147694
SKU
V9781868147694
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About Gabeba Baderoon
Gabeba Baderoon is a South African poet and scholar and the author of the poetry collections, The Dream in the Next Body and A Hundred Silences, and the monograph Regarding Muslims: from slavery to post-apartheid (Wits, 2014). In 2014, her short story The Year of Sleeping Badly was selected as one of the Best Short Stories of ... Read more
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