Beschreibung:
This local history of Griqua Philippolis (1824-1862) and Afrikaner Orania (1990-2013) gets at the crux of the ever-pertinent land question in South Africa. Identifying the many layers of dispossession definitive of the South African past, the book presents a provocative new argument about land rights and the residues of settler colonialism.
Acknowledgements A Note on Terminology Introduction: Land, Sovereignty, and Indigeneity in South Africa 1. The Erasure of Past Interests in Land at Philippolis 2. The Griqua Land Regime and its Challenges 3. The Erasure of Past Interests in Land at Orania 4. The Oranian Land Regime and its Challenges Conclusion: Land Regimes and Property Rights on the Orange River Afterword: On Restitution and Dispossession Notes Bibliography Index