Author: Holleman, Helen. (Ed).
Title: Graham's Town, the Untold Story. A Social History and Self-Guided Tour.
Description: Black Sash. Grahamstown 1997. Printed wraps. 62pp saddle stapled A5 format, folding map in rear pocket. 0.15kg No inscriptions. A VG+ copy. ISBN: 9780620294911 Provides a history of the town from a perspective other than from that of the 1820 settlers. Concentrates on the view from the poorer and less influential side of town. 3 walking tours around Grahamstown are described. Tour A looks at Grahamstown as a frontier town, not a settler town, and at the interaction and conflict between the different peoples who came to live here and the social, economic, and environmental causes of that conflict. Tour B covers Grahamstown East which includes Fingo Village, the Municipal location, Old Cemetery and part of Tantiyi. Tour C takes you to up to the plateau to the east of the town into the newer township areas and then into the "Coloured" and Indian areas. Outlines the historical events that affected the black townships.

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