The history of the Black man's struggle for liberation in South Africa and the role of Black Consciousness

This paper, possibly prepared for the inaugral conference of the Institute of Black Studies, Wilgespruit, 13-18 July 1976, traces the history of the political development of South Africa from the first Dutch settlements, British colonisation, the formation of the African Native National Congress (forerunner of the ANC) in 1912 and the emergence of national resistance movements and Black Consciousness