The White Tribe of Africa: South Africa in Perspective

by David Harrison

red hardcover

Genres: History, Africa, South Africa

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Thomas Lang]

The stories and history that give Afrikaners there cultural identity. If you want to know more about this used-to-be controversial subject of whites in South Africa you must read this. Given a perspective that few have.

[Vic]

This book lies somewhere between journalism and history, with an excellent summary of the history of the Afrikaner people from the great trek to 1981, including the fraught politics of the Apartheid years to that point.
We are shown the drivers of Afrikaner nationalism, with no punches pulled in describing British actions in the Anglo-Boer war, as well as the beginning of the forces of African nationalism that would later lead to the downfall of Apartheid.

[Anderson Stephen]

If you truly want to understand the mind of the Afrikaner and why apartheid was more about self-preservation then segregation this is a book that gives you great insight into an ideal that changed the course of South African politics.

[Stefan Niekerk]

Stephen Anderson 's review sums it up perfectly

[Nikko Howland]

What an insightful read

[Saad Rashid]

interesting book for a brief and quick review of the Modern South African perspective of the White Minority from the Boer's point of view