Settler Colonialism and Land Rights in South Africa

Edward Cavanagh is currently scholar-in-residence at the University of Ottawa, Canada, courtesy of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. He is the co-founder of the journal Settler Colonial Studies, and has published in the fields of law and history.

Acknowledgements A Note on Terminology Introduction: Land, Sovereignty, and Indigeneity in South Africa 1. The Erasure of Past Interests in Land at Philippolis 2. The Griqua Land Regime and its Challenges 3. The Erasure of Past Interests in Land at Orania 4. The Oranian Land Regime and its Challenges Conclusion: Land Regimes and Property Rights on the Orange River Afterword: On Restitution and Dispossession Notes Bibliography Index