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Into The Laager Afrikaners Living onthe Edge
Author: Kajsa Norman
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Edition: Paperback 2016
ISBN:978-1-86842-736-9
Language: English
Condition: Very Good. Clean copy with tight binding
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 228.
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Nelson Mandela is deadand in South Africa his dream of a rainbow nation is fading. Twenty-two yearsafter the fall of apartheid, groups of white Afrikaners have cut themselves offfrom this unpredictable country, fearing that their language, culture, and eventuallytheir entire people, may soon become extinct.
Living on edge in an ever-changingnation, many have retreated to the breakaway republic of Orania, where theywork to construct a utopia for white Africans. Within the safety of theirlaager a homeland with its own flag and currency they can, once again,dictate the rules. Weaving between past and present, Into The Laager traces the war for control ofSouth Africa, its people and its history, through a series of December 16ths,beginning with the Battle of Blood River in 1838. In so doing, it takes us backto the origin of these fears: the years of nationalism and social engineeringbehind this modern struggle for identity and relevancy.
Along the way, Norman asks thedifficult questions those which are as relevant in todays South Africa asthey were in 1838: How do people react when they believe their culturalidentity is under threat? And how far are we prepared to go to survive as apeople?
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