In 1652 a small company of employees of the Dutch East India Company were settled on the southern tip of Africa in order to establish a refreshment station for the Company’s ships en route to the Far East. From this group of Dutchmen the Afrikaners were to develop. From 1688 to 1700, they were joined [...]
Category Archives: Genesis
We are because of them – Part 5 0f 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen Share this post: Share this post with the world.
We are because of them – Part 4 0f 5
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We are because of them – Part 3 of 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen Share this post: Share this post with the world.
We are because of them – Part 2 of 5
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Racial Classification
How do you tell whether a light-skinned baby is black or coloured? You leave him on a table and see if he turns blue. No, this is not a bad joke it is just one of the barbaric methods used to classify South African citizens during the apartheid years. This, and other equally unpalatable [...]
We are because of them – Part 1 0f 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen Share this post: Share this post with the world.
Sons and Daughters of Africa
Much discourse is emerging from scientific circles detailing the results of genetic testing in relation to human migration patterns. These studies attempt to show the distribution of ethnic genetic codes over certain geographic areas in relation to time. This page attempts to grasp at and to explain some of this research. Scientists have now identified the [...]
Finding your voice!
I am not interested in political parties or ideologies. I am more interested in love, harmony and serenity shared between people. I am more interested in the community of man that transcends words, ideologies, creeds and ego. The journey to find our true selves is drumming more serenely and gently than ever before. In that [...]
Skin colour and race
Skin colour and race are all too often assumed to be the same thing, according to Pennsylvania State University’s Mark Shriver. Giving the keynote address at yesterday’s opening session of the “Beyond Race” conference in Somerset West, Shriver said that such an assumption was simplistic and stereotypical. Skin colour and race “are really not the same [...]