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Native Life in South Africa

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Availability:In StockContributor:Solomon T. Plaatje, Mint Editions (Contribution by)Series:Mint Editions (Black Narratives)Publish date:2021-11-16Pages:342
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mint EditionsISBN-13:9781513218243ISBN-10:1513218247UPC:9781513218243Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Africa, ModernBook Topic:South, 20th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.8201Product ID:SCN3BHT3X1

Native Life in South Africa (1916) is a book by Solomon T. Plaatje. Written while Plaatje was serving as General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress, the work shows the influence of American activist and socialist historian W. E. B. Du Bois, whom Plaatje met and befriended. Using historical analysis and firsthand accounts from native South Africans, Plaatje exposes the cruelty of colonialism and analyzes the significance of the 1913 Natives' Land Act. "Awaking on Friday morning, June 20, 1913, the South African Native found himself, not actually a slave, but a pariah in the land of his birth." Native Life in South Africa begins with the passage of the 1913 Natives' Land Act, which made it illegal for Black South Africans to lease and purchase land outside of government designated reserves. The act, which was the first of many segregation laws passed by the Union Parliament, was devastating to millions of poor South African natives, most of whom relied on leasing land from white farmers to survive.Native Life in South Africa is a classic of South African literature reimagined for modern readers.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Mint EditionsISBN-13:9781513218243ISBN-10:1513218247UPC:9781513218243Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Africa, ModernBook Topic:South, 20th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.8201Product ID:SCN3BHT3X1
Publisher: Mint Editions

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