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 [...]
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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
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen Share this post: Share this post with the world.
Roots of the Cape – Part 2 of 2
.History of Slavery in South Africa Documentary Share this post: Share this post with the world.
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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
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen Share this post: Share this post with the world.
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 [...]
Roots of the Cape – Part 1 of 2
.History of Slavery in South Africa Documentary Share this post: Share this post with the world.
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.
Egyptians were coloureds!
MYTH: Egyptians were white This is the longest myth ever in existence, which is pedaled as true scholarship and truth. Yet it is an outright myth, deliberately created from 1830 onwards, to explain away Egyptian civilization. During the 1800′s there was all kinds of pseudo-sciences floating around about the genetical and inherent inferiority of peoples [...]