Reviews for Apartheid's Great Land Theft: The Struggle for the Right to Farm in South Africa

The average rating for Apartheid's Great Land Theft: The Struggle for the Right to Farm in South Africa based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-02-19 00:00:00 William Reynolds This book has some truly fatal flaws. It assumes that any 'more advanced' culture must automatically be contemptuous of any 'lesser' cultures, and conquer them. While Redford says that there were no significant racial dividing lines between Nilotic cultures, the subtitle implies that the Egyptians weren't black. Bullshit. The Egyptians did depict themselves as having slightly lighter skin than those living south of them, but darker than Libyans or Asiatics. Our modern notions of race don't really transfer to ancient cultures, who had very different standards that often depended more on language and religion than skin colour, per se, but by our North American standards, the Ancient Egyptians were black, and any dancing around that smacks of Eurocentrism and racism.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-09-29 00:00:00 Dan Walton While a bit academic, so perhaps not for everyone, this is a strong examination of an important culture from our ancient past.