Two weeks ago, while some members of Aluka were in South Africa meeting with partners and scholars involved in the Struggles project, a similar meeting took place at Aluka’s Princeton office with partners and advisors regarding Aluka’s Cultural Heritage project.

During this visit, Professor Martin Hall, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town and advisor to Aluka, graciously gave a talk on the Cape’s historical background and more specifically, the Cape’s legacy of slavery. As part of his talk, Prof. Hall also discussed how the University of Cape Town recently discovered a burial ground of slaves who worked the farms along the Liesbeeck River in the 17th and 18th centuries; his talk is available online. A detailed bibliography on the Cape’s slave past is available on the Iziko Museum’s website and a detailed report on the slave burial ground discovered at UCT is also available online.

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