Hermann Giliomee, Professor of History at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, is the editor or author of thirteen books, including "Negotiating South Africa's Future and The Afrikaners: Biography of a People" (Virginia). He is the founder of "Die Suid-Afrikaan, " an Afrikaans journal of opinion, and he has been a regular columnist for the "Cape Times, Rand Daily Mail, " and other periodicals.