The Energy of Empire 11. South Africa - ‘They used the Cuban Methods’

‘The British response is one of the most controversial parts of its imperial history. They would now engage in warfare against the civilian population, burning thousands of farm houses, destroying crops and slaughtering animals.. Both Boer and Black Women and children were removed from their burnt out homes and placed in concentration camps. Conditions were so squalid that up to fifty thousand of them perished.’

 

Sources:

Gerry Docherty and Jim MacGregor, Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War: https://tinyurl.com/yckwpvnu

 

The Boer War Documentary: 

Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc76E2kPxFM

Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYw5hGczgtg

Part 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oN2AyK0d7k

Part 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFX1qY6e4H4

 

Scorched Earth: Anglo Boer War documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir59InBXdnY

 

John Pilger: South Africa, Apartheid Did Not Die:

http://johnpilger.com/videos/apartheid-did-not-die

 

Caroline Elkins, Legacy of Violence: 

https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Violence-History-British-Empire/dp/0307272427

 

Old Britannia - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJI7W4tBgWV8f6NxRwGUmg/videos

 

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