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Capturing community histories

wentworth book project

TWELVE years ago, a social history project was started to capture the histories of historically white, black African, Indian and coloured communities in South Africa.

Led by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), one of the products of this research is the Wentworth Book Project. It is based on the histories of this community in the south Durban basin.

Dr Gregory Houston, chief research specialist at the HSRC, will make a presentation on the project

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