A Common Hunger:
Land Rights in Canada and South Africa

By Joan G. Fairweather

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ISBN 1-55238-192-7
316 pp., b&w photographs, maps
6" x 9 "
Africa: Missing Voices Series, No. 3

History
Political Science

About the Book

The impact of colonial dispossession and the subsequent social and political ramifications places a unique burden on governments having to establish equitable means of addressing previous injustices. The effects of colonial exploitation on the lives of indigenous people in Canada and South Africa bear uncanny resemblance especially when considering the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, and Canada’s Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. The responses from these governments demonstrate clearly the importance of effective means of dealing with the issue of aboriginal land claims. In both cases, the fundamental issues of isolation, economic marginalization, and discrimination have left deep wounds that our society must attempt to heal. A Common Hunger considers the efforts by both of these countries to reconcile the damage left by colonial oppression, in part, looking back with a critical eye, but also pointing the way towards a solution that will satisfy the common need for human dignity.       

About the Author

Joan G. Fairweather is an archivist who has worked extensively in Canada at the National Archives in Ottawa. Most recently she worked as a consultant in South Africa at the Mayibuye Centre for History and Culture in South Africa at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town.

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