Verkkocape town slave descendants share stories of strength. An exhibit on south africa’s history of slavery helps a new generation understand their heritage. Verkkothe first of december 1838 is one of the most significant dates in south african colonial history, marking as it does the final emancipation of the. Verkkoin the title story of zoe wicomb's superb first collection of stories, ''you can't get lost in cape town,'' the narrator, a young ''coloured'' south african. This article examines how slavery has been remembered in the urban space of cape town over time. It explores how individuals and groups have. If south africa is to overcome its legacies of apartheid, it needs to address the deeper historical foundations of the country's. Over time, this urban space has been built on slavery, remembered slavery selectively,. Abstract during the past three decades, historians of the cape colony during the period of the dutch east india company (voc) rule have. Verkkoslavery was a mainstay of the labor force of the cape colony between its foundation by the dutch east india company (voc) in 1652 and abolition in 1834, by which date. Slavery was a key feature of the cape colony in south africa from the establishment of the colony by the dutch east india company. Verkkoslavery is at the core of the glaring inequality that persists in south africa to this day.
