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Selvan Naidoo, director and curator of the 1860 Heritage Centre in Durban, discovered evidence that his family had been among the first indentured laborers from India who were transported by the British colonial government to South Africa in the 1860s. PHOTO: KILEY O'BRIEN '25/THE HAWK

Durban museum highlights history of indentured labor

Maximilian Murphy '26, Special to the Hawk July 29, 2024

Durban, South Africa – When Selvan Naidoo takes visitors on a tour of the 1860 Heritage Centre in Durban, which he directs, he recounts a story about searching archives for information about his ancestors.  In...

Joanne Joseph talked to The Hawk about her latest book, "Children of Sugarcane." PHOTO: DEVIN YINGLING '22/THE HAWK

South African author publishes novel about Indian indenture

Leslie Quan June 22, 2022

Joanne Joseph is an established South African news personality with more than 20 years of experience hosting radio and television shows for major South African broadcasters. In 2013, she published “Drug...

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