South Africa: Part One | Patric Tariq Mellet On Slave Towns

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The Lie of 1652 is a richly textured book that calls for restorative memory and justice, and provides a decolonised history of land and identity in South Africa. This is part one of a Q&A with the author.

Patric Tariq Mellet was born and "grew up in the working class districts of old Cape Town - Salt River, Woodstock and District Six". The writer, heritage activist and former liberation movement cadre's new book, The Lie of 1652: A Decolonised History of Land, calls for a critical reading of history and the restoration of Africa, our identities and our land.

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