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Podcast from HSRC: Three Historians on Post-apartheid South Africa and the Shape of Recurring Pasts
From the HSRC Press blog
Professor Premesh Lalu, author of the book "The Deaths of Hintsa : Postapartheid South Africa and the Shape of Recurring Pasts" (320.968 LALU) along with those of historians Leslie Witz and Ciraj Rassool discusses the question of whether South African history is developing an authentic new discourse or stuck in the colonial archive.
Through mining a rich field of research, from colonial archival material to contemporary museum exhibitions, Lalu states that overcoming apartheid has required coming to terms not only with the effects of history, but with the discourse of history itself.
Here's the link to the HSRC podcast page and to the podcast itself (duration 9 mins 10 sec).
