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SUMMARY:The Kat River Settlement\, Cape Racism\,  and the Origins of  Sout
 h African Democracy  - Professor Robert Ross Leiden University Institute f
 or History\, Humanities
DTSTART:20121116T163000Z
DTEND:20121116T173000Z
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CONTACT:Judith Weik
DESCRIPTION:The Kat River Settlement was founded in 1829 to provide a modi
 cum of land to the Khoekhoe in the aftermath of the ending of legal discri
 mination and to act as a bulwark between the Cape Colony and the amaXhosa
 . In the subsequent quarter century the settlers achieved a modest prosper
 ity\, but were burnt out three times during the recurring warfare\, twice 
 by the amaXhosa and once by the British after about a third of the Kat Riv
 er men had gone into rebellion.  In this presentation I will be arguing t
 hat the Kat River was of major importance not just in the local context of
  the Eastern Cape\, but more widely both as the butt of an increasing whit
 e racism\, but equally in the establishment of the Cape’s highly liberal
  constitution of 1853.\n\nProfessor Robert Ross\; Born in London\, studied
  in Cambridge\, PhD (1974) on the history of the Griquas in central South 
 Africa. Since 1976 in Leiden\, as coordinator and (later) professor in Afr
 ican history. His teaching has been in the BA degree course Languages and 
 Cultures of Africa\, and the MAs (including the Research MA) on African St
 udies. In addition to his specialised research\, he has written general wo
 rks on South African history\, notably being involved as senior editor in 
 the Cambridge History of South Africa (Cambridge UP\, 2010 and 2012) \n
LOCATION:Seminar Room S2\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambrid
 ge CB3 9DT
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