HSY1502 - The Making of Early Colonial South Africa: Transformation and Resistance

Purpose: To enable students to gain an understanding of the major themes in the history of early colonial South Africa (particularly the nature of the Dutch colony at the Cape, the social and economic importance of slavery, the resistance of indigenous peoples to white settlement in the colony and on its frontiers, and the formation of a new society and racial order), and to acquire an appreciation of the importance of the colonial period in shaping modern South Africa.