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Unfair "affirmative action" in South African historiography.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Pretorius, Fransjohan |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | I have some concern that the Afrikaner does not fi gure in the “New History” books on South African history, except as the scapegoat and the villain. Th e Afrikaner is ignored particularly in the historiography covering the nineteenth century. For most non-Afrikaans historians South African history has become the suff ering, struggle and eventual victory of the suppressed masses, that is, African or black history – the African struggle. Afrikaners are judged and condemned in negative terms. Just like there was a “native problem” in Afrikaner national historiography, there is now an “Afrikaner problem”. Th e Afrikaner has achieved nothing positive in the history of South Africa. Th e pendulum has indeed swung to the other side. For the victor reconciliation seems to mean that the view of the majority has triumphed. Th ere is no room for other views beside the “offi cial” view. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10394/5572/Y&T_2007(1)_Pretorius.pdf?sequence=1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://sashtw.org.za/WP/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/PAPER-FRANSJOHAN%202006.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
