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Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the Slave Press

Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the Slave Press

Botma, Gawie

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Africa

African HistoryWriting InstructionGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 103295471X
ISBN13: 9781032954714
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 21 2025
Pages: 298
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The concept of the free press is often celebrated as the vehicle which finally brought freedom of speech and democracy to post-apartheid South Africa, but historically, the position of the press was more complicated.

This book dives into the history of slavery at the Cape between 1800 and 1838, reflecting on the fact that several founding journalists and printers were slave owners themselves and advertised slaves as regular property in their publications. The book presents an inclusive history of the founding of colonial newspapers and magazines, driven by the question of how we in the 21st century should make sense of the role that newspapers and journalism played at key points in the history of slavery and its aftermath. The slave press was a label originally attached to The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser when it was founded by a pair of well-connected private British slave traders.

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