Privileged Minorities

Privileged Minorities examines the complex relationship between anticolonial movements and enduring economic inequality in South Africa. This history and social science study analyzes how small, exclusive groups secured political and economic dominance during the nation's struggle for liberation. By focusing on the Republic of South Africa, the text explores how wealth concentration persisted through land seizures, racialized labor systems, and favorable regulatory environments.

This African studies volume traces the evolution of structural advantage from the Dutch colonial era through the rule of the African National Congress. It details how various sociocultural groups navigated these systems to maintain material accumulation. By analyzing social classes and economic disparity, Privileged Minorities provides a framework for understanding how minority privilege evolves and persists within African societies, even after the end of colonial rule.