Hermann Giliomee


Hermann Giliomee is an author of historical and political studies, former Professor of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town, President of the South African Institute of Race Relations and Extraordinary Professor of History at the Stellenbosch University.
He co-founded Die Suid-Afrikaans, an Afrikaans journal of opinion in 1984. Giliomee was a regular columnist for the Cape Times, The Rand Daily Mail and other periodicals from 1980 to 1997 and is writing a political column for the Afrikaans morning newspapers Die Burger, Beeld and Volksblad.

Books by Hermann Giliomee

Ethnic power mobilized – Can South Africa change ?, Yale University Press, 1979Die Kaap tydens die eerste Britse bewind, 1795–1803, 1971The parting of the ways, 1982Up against the fences, 1985The Shaping of South African Society 1652–1840, 1988From apartheid to nation-building, 1989Negotiating South Africa's future, 1989The Bold experiment, 1994The awkward embrace, 1999Kruispad, 2001', 2003,, University of Virginia Press / Tafelberg Publishers;
expanded and updated edition, 2010, Die Afrikaners: `n Biografie, 2004 'n Vaste plek vir Afrikaans, Protea Boekhuis, 2006Nog altyd hier gewees – Die storie van 'n Stellenbosse gemeenskap, Tafelberg, 2007
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