Introduction to the following edited volume: Zimitri Erasmus (ed.) Coloured by History, Shaped by Place: New Perspectives on Coloured Identities in Cape Town (Kwela Books, Cape Town: 2001). 1 Introduction1 Re-imagining coloured identities in post-Apartheid South Africa
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Hou jou linne binne (Keep your linen hidden). Hou jou koek in jou broek (Keep your fanny in your panties). Vroeg ryp, vroeg vrot (Early to ripen, early to rot). Such expressions abound in coloured communities in South Africa. They stipulate the bounds of sexual behaviour for young coloured women. Such expressio
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