![]() ![]() Its mineral wealth made it a particularly attractive territory for the British Empire, which established dominance there over the native black population and another white European population, the Boers (descendants of Dutch settlers), in a series of wars spanning the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Youth in Politically Charged British Colony Alan Stewart Paton (rhymes with Dayton) was born on January 11, 1903, in Pietermaritzburg in the Natal Province, a former British colony that is now part of the Republic of South Africa.Įuropean immigration to South Africa began in 1652, much earlier than in other parts of Africa. As Martin Tucker commented in Africa in Modern Literature, “Paton is the most important force in the literature of forgiveness and adjustment.” Works in Biographical and Historical Context His novel Cry, the Beloved Country won him world acclaim for the insights it gave into South Africa's race problem. Journey Continued: An Autobiography (1988)Īlan Stewart Paton was a South African writer and liberal leader. The Land and People of South Africa (1955) BORN: 1903, Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa ![]()
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