A rainbow in the night : the tumultuous birth of South Africa / Dominique Lapierre; translated from French by Kathryn Spink; with research assistance from Xavier Moro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lapierre, Dominique.

Contributor:

Spink, Kathryn.

Moro, Javier, 1955-

Standardized Title:

Arc-en-ciel dans la nuit. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apartheid--South Africa.

Apartheid.

South Africa--History.

South Africa.

South Africa--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st Da Capo Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1652 a small group of Dutch farmers landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Sent by the powerful Dutch India Company, their mission was simply to grow vegetables and supply ships rounding the cape. The colonists, however, were convinced by their strict Calvinist faith that they were among God's ?Elect," chosen to rule over the continent. Their saga?bloody, ferocious, and fervent?would culminate three centuries later in one of the greatest tragedies of history: the establishment of a racist regime in which a white minority would subjugate and victimize millions of blacks. Called ap

Contents:

CONTENTS; AUTHOR'S NOTE ix; MAPS x; 1. South Africa; 2. The Great Trek to Conquer South Africa; PART ONE In Search of a New Promised Land 1; PART TWO The Prime Minister's Bulldozers 73; PART THREE Helen and Chris:Two Lights in the Darkness 129; PART FOUR "God Bless Africa" 179; EPILOGUE 237; APPENDIXES 243; What They Became; This Was Apartheid; A Brief Chronology; Glossary; Bibliography; All That Is Not Given Is Lost; IMAGE CREDITS 267; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 269; INDEX 271

Notes:

"Originally published in French as Un arc-en-ciel dans la nuit by Editions Robert Laffont"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46065-X

9786612460654

0-7867-4584-3

OCLC:

609854552