DF Malan and the Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism

Download or read book DF Malan and the Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism written by Lindie Koorts and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1948 the Dutch Reformed minister D. F. Malan led the National Party to victory and set up the policy of apartheid. Today grim-faced photographs of NP leaders like Malan and his successors have come to symbolise a system of racial oppression. Yet, when Malan was asked on his deathbed what he considered the most important service he had rendered during his political career, he answered, 'that I could serve my nation; that I could unite my people'. This biography tries to understand this contradiction: how a man who earnestly sought to build a nation could also contribute to a legacy that continues to scar a country. Malan's personal and political life developed against the backdrop of the rise in Afrikaner nationlaism in the years following the South African War. To understand Malan the man is also to understand the people who elected him as their leader." --Back cover.