Joline Young: A History of Dispossession and Slavery in Simon’s Town

HUMA Book Launch

Author: Joline Young, Centre for African Studies, UCT 

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Introduction: An Uncomfortable Paradise - A History of Dispossession and Slavery in Simonstown is on the history of slavery in Simon's Town, a suburb situated along the False Bay coast, Cape Town. Joline Young is a social historian and heritage consultant with a Master’s degree in historical studies with distinction (UCT), who has recently commenced a PhD at UCT on the subject of “Multilingual worlds – neglected histories: Uncovering their emergence, continuity and loss in past and present societies,” for which she was awarded an ERC scholarship. Joline was also previously shortlisted for the Pen Studzinski award for her short story 'July' which received an Honourable Mention from J M Coetzee.

About the author:

Joline Young is a social historian and heritage consultant with a Master’s degree in historical studies with distinction (UCT), for her thesis on The Enslaved People of Simon’s Town. Joline has recently commenced a PhD at the Centre for African Studies at UCT on the subject of “Multilingual worlds – neglected histories: Uncovering their emergence, continuity and loss in past and present societies,” for which she was awarded an ERC scholarship. She is being supervised by Dr Alexander Andrason. Joline’s book, An Uncomfortable Paradise, for which she received a small author’s grant from ANFASA (the Academic and Non Fiction Author’s Association of South Africa) in 2009, is a labour of love that has taken many years to research. An Uncomfortable Paradise is published by Nagspro Multimedia and brings to life the human stories of people who were dispossessed or enslaved in Simon’s Town.

About the Discussant:

 

Patrick Whang is a PhD candidate in the Historical Studies Department at the University of Cape Town. His research focuses on the post-colonial political history of Lesotho. His interdisciplinary work entails African nationalism, economics, democracy and regionalism. Patrick has an MA in Economic History from the University of Cape Town. Born and raised in the United States, Patrick has lived and worked in Uganda and Rwanda.

Convenor: Sandile Ngidi

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