The Griqua Past and the Limits of South African History 1902-1994 - Edward Cavanagh Kartoniert (TB)

The Griqua people are commonly misunderstood. Today they do not figure in the South African imagination as other peoples do nor have they for over a century. This book argues that their comparative invisibility is a result of their place in the national narrative. In this revisionist analysis of South African historiography the author analyses over a century's worth of historical studies and identifies a number of narrative frameworks that have proven resilient to change over this time. The Griqua in particular have fared poorly compared to other peoples. They appear in and disappear fro m this body of work in a number of consistent ways almost as though scholars have avoided re-imagining their history in ways relevant to the present. This book questions why that might be the case.