Stephen Robinson

A race apart

Kajsa Norman’s thoughtful take on the whites-only settlement in the Karoo has resulted in the best piece of South African reportage in decades

  • Bridge Over Blood River: The Afrikaners’ Fight for Survival

    Kajsa Norman

    Hurst, pp. 280

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