Afrikanermag by Hermann Giliomee & Heribert Adam

Afrikanermag (Collectible First Printing, Afrikaans, 1981)

A Landmark Afrikaans Study of the Rise, Rule and Future of Afrikaner Political Power

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Afrikanermag: Opkoms en Toekoms
• Authors: Hermann Giliomee & Heribert Adam
• Publisher: Universiteitsuitgewers en -Boekhandelaars (Edms) Bpk., Stellenbosch / Grahamstad
• Publication Date: 1981
• ISBN-10: 086995105X
• Edition Details: Eerste druk (First Printing), 1981. Afrikaans-language study, reworked and expanded from an earlier English-language book.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound, black with white and orange lettering.
• Physical Format: Softcover, 264 pages.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Wraps: Black printed card wrappers. The spine shows cracking and flaking of the black ink with the pale paper showing through, and wear along the spine edges. The front cover is fairly clean, with slight rubbing to the edges and corners. The back cover has a patch of surface paper loss and abrasion near the lower right, affecting a few letters of the author blurb. The page block edges are toned.
• Interior: The text block is tight and intact. The page edges are toned to tan, and the opening leaf shows scattered light brown foxing specks. The text pages seen are clean with slight toning.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Afrikanermag: Opkoms en Toekoms (roughly, Afrikaner Power: Rise and Future) was published in 1981 in Stellenbosch. It examines the political and economic rise of the Afrikaners, the nature of Afrikaner rule and the workings of the National Party system.

The central question is whether Afrikaner unity and power help or hinder change towards a fairer South Africa. The book is a reworked and expanded Afrikaans version of an earlier English-language study, and is the Afrikaans counterpart to Ethnic Power Mobilized (Yale, 1979). The back cover carries press praise and short author biographies.

Scholars continue to cite the work in discussions of Afrikaner identity and the post-1948 apartheid order, which makes it a useful primary-period reference for students of Afrikaner nationalism and late-apartheid political thought.

Author Profile: Hermann Giliomee & Heribert Adam

Hermann Giliomee (born 1938 in Sterkstroom) studied History at Stellenbosch, worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs and lectured at Stellenbosch before becoming Professor of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town. His other works include The Afrikaners: Biography of a People, The Last Afrikaner Leaders and The Awkward Embrace.

Heribert Adam, born in Germany, is professor emeritus of political sociology at Simon Fraser University, known for his work on human rights, racism and Southern Africa. His other books include South Africa Without Apartheid (1986) and The Opening of the Apartheid Mind (1993).

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