Author Zoe Wicomb gave this rare interview to David Robinson of the Scotsman and gives us a glimpse of life as a mixed-race person under apartheid. Zoe Wicomb, South Africa-born but living in Glasgow for the last 11 years, is a writer of rare brilliance. On the cover of her latest book, Nobel laureate Toni [...]
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The Khoi and San, original inhabitants of Southern Africa
Khoisan is the name by which the lighter skinned indigenous peoples of southern Africa,the Khoi (Hottentots) and the San (Bushmen) are known. These people dominated the sub-continent for millennia before the appearance of the Nguni and other black peoples. This is evident from their marvelous animated paintings on rocks and caves walls as far afield as [...]
My Coloured Journey
True identity and character is revealed in the books we read. Expand your mind, and your understanding is automatically expanded. The only way we can liberate ourselves from mental slavery, is if we educate ourselves. A truer word or song has never been spoken. Transcending our inherited notions of enslavement by means of self-learning is [...]