Hans fundament er vidtstrakt

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hvor alle mennesker opbygger det

Michigan with ancient willows and fulsome pear trees

William Burroughs

Dreaming the Karoo - A People Called the /Xam Hans fundament er vidtstraktA spellbinding new book by the much acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the Xam a haunting book about the brutality of colonial frontiers and the fate of those they dispossess. In spring 2020, Julia Blackburn travelled to the Karoo region of South Africa to see for herself the ancestral lands that had once belonged to an indigenous group called the Xam. Throughout the nineteenth century the Xam were