
The founda6onal building blocks of apartheid were cemented in South African
society decades before 1948. While largely inaccurate historical accounts clouded
the world’s understanding of apartheid for the bulk of the twen6eth century, the
eventual disintegra6on of apartheid in 1994 has offered us the golden opportunity
to engage in a more honest discussion concerning the complex history of early racial
and social segrega6on in the region.1 This paper examines several key historical
events in order to shed light on the damaging effects of Bri6sh imperialism and
rapidly escalating nationalism in South Africa during the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries in South Africa.
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