Opinion

A new chapter opens in the troubled history of history in SA

07 July 2019 - 00:00

By Yunus Momoniat

History as a discipline "became history" in post-apartheid SA. In a country where the lack of free speech ensured a triumphalist rendering of the past, citizens have almost always been dreadfully ignorant of their own history, as well as that of Africa and the world.

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