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Newspaper Clippings

When pondering the collective destiny of the 'Black man' in a globalising world, Bleek's concern seems to be the squandering of masses of rational beings and how best to adapt them to the current industrial age. He problematises the strong emotions behind religious hatred and political arrangements toward 'Blacks'. These intense (irrational) emotions are central to conflicts like the long-lived fighting north of the Great Namaqualand between Bantu and 'Hottentot' groups. He recommends intervening in Damaraland to protect nearby European settlements by forming a quasi-sovereign company.

Printed newsprint glued on paper

02 February 1865

Two cut-out columns of printed newsprint mounted on foolscap folio (warped).

Coloured races (their destiny), rational beings (blacks are masses of), religion (religious hatred towards blacks), Kafir wars (between Bantus and Hottentots), Jonker Africander (a Hottentot leader), Walwich Bay Company

Pressed clippings of Victorian current affairs opinion pieces by Wilhelm Bleek. Published in Het Volksblad on Thursday, February 2nd, 1865.

Van de Sandt de Villiers & Co.