Stanford’s Reminiscences – Sir Walter Stanford

The essential memoir of Sir Walter Stanford, a pivotal figure in the Cape Colony’s Native Affairs Department from 1850 to 1929. Drawing on his voluminous diaries, Stanford offers an invaluable eyewitness account of colonial South Africa . The *Reminiscences* detail his youth, his career as Chief Magistrate of East Griqualand, and the tumultuous, complex relationship between the colonial government, the Pondos, Griquas, and other indigenous peoples, chronicling a transformative era in Southern African history .