White Africans Are Also People
Author: Sarah Gertrude Millin
Publisher: Howard Timmins
Edition: First 1966
ISBN: Not stated
Language: English
Condition: Fair. Ex Library. Library tags and stamps. Foxing
Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket
Pages: 172.
Additional Information
Sarah Gertrude Millins White Africans Are Also People (1966) is a controversial work that reflects the racial anxieties during the apartheid era, and it reveals her fixation on race and miscegenation, themes that permeated much of her writing. The text attempts to assert the humanity of white Africans, but it does so through a lens shaped by Victorian anthropology and Social Darwinist ideas, which today are widely discredited. Critics note that while Millin occasionally achieved tragic depth in earlier novels like Gods Stepchildren, this book reads more as a sociological tract than a compelling narrative, and its perspectives on race are troublingly outdated. As such, White Africans Are Also People is best understood as a historical artifact that illustrates the racial discourse of mid-20th-century South Africa rather than as a meaningful literary contribution.
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