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Born in Kent, Dan spent several of his formative years growing up in South Africa due to his Afrikaans parentage. With an interest in Britain’s colonial past stimulated by an upbringing in SA, he has studied History to Masters level at UWE and Exeter, specialising in state formation and British imperialism. Caught between the old guard of imperial historians and the new school of postmodernist thought, Dan pursues his research in his spare time with the goal of unpacking how British imperialism has shaped the post-colonial world

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Race, history, and misinformation: unravelling the myths around white persecution in South Africa

by Dan van Staden

4 June 2025

Emigration, race, and rural crime dominate headlines. But history offers a more complicated view of South Africa’s present

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Dan van Staden

Race, history, and misinformation: unravelling the myths around white persecution in South Africa

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