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by Lindie Koorts (Author)
Today grimfaced photographs of NP leaders like DF 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.
Author Biography
Lindie Koorts is a historian and postdoctoral fellow at the University of the Free State's Centre for Africa Studies. She holds an M.A. in Historical Studies from the University of Johannesburg and a D.Phil in History from the University of Stellenbosch. This book is the result of four years' research. During this time, she spent a year at the Institute of Biography at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands to hone her writing skills.
