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Afrikaners: P. J. Wassenaar; Professor Geoffrey Opland; Brand
Fourie. Martin Spring was especially kind in discussing his book
on South African-United States confrontation; Colin Legum;
Harry Oppenheimer; The Honorable John Vorster, who spent an
hour with me in forthright discussion; Jan Marais, member of
Parliament, who entertained me socially and intellectually.
Dr. Albert Hertzog spent a long evening sharing his views.
The English: Dr. Eily Gledhill, Grahamstown, took me on an
extended field trip to sites of the Xhosa wars. Professor Guy
Butter, Rhodes University, was unusually keen. Dr. Mooneen
Buys of the De Beers staff discussed her doctoral thesis with me
while curators of the Rhodes material provided insights, records
and photographs. Professor P. H. Kapp, head of History, Rand
Afrikaans University, checked the missionary section.
BlackLife: I made continuous effort to meet with and understand
black spokesmen. Some, like Bloke Modisane the writer, were in
exile in London. Others, like the gifted social analyst Ben
Magubane, of the University of Connecticut, were pursuing their
careers outside South Africa; I spent three days with Magubane
and he commented sharply on the Shaka chapter. Sheena Duncan
was most helpful. Credo Mutwa showed me his witch doctor's
establishment. Justice A. R. 'Jaap' Jacobs of Northern Cape Dis-
trict advised me. I spent five different days in Soweto, three under
government supervision, two at night on my own. During these
visits I met with many black leaders, those supporting govern-
ment policies and those who were determined to end them.
Indian Community: I was able to visit various sites at which
Indian merchants were being removed from areas reserved for
whites. In Durban, I met with leaders of the Indian community to
discuss these measures. Also A. R. Koor, Fordsburg.
Coloured Communities: My contacts were frequent, especially in
Cape Town, where Brian Rees and Paul Andrews showed me
squatter areas, in which I visited shacks and held discussions.
Boer War. Fiona Barbour, ethnologist at the Alexander
McGregor Memorial Museum, Kimberley, analyzed the battle-
fields; Benjamin and Eileen Christopher conducted a two-day
inspection of Spion Kop, Blaauwkrantz and the historical riches
of Ladysmith; Major Philip Erskine, Stellenbosch, showed me
his extraordinary collection of relics, including much material on






General Buller.
Concentration Camps: Mrs. Johanna Christina Mulder, who
survived the Standerton Camp, was wonderfully helpful; Johan
Loock of the University of the Orange Free State provided much