• R. Vimala
• Dr. R. David Raja Bose

When the Europeans settled in South Africa , they introduced many laws in order to bring the natives under their control. They segregated the natives using the apartheid system which was implemented by the Nationalist Party government. The colonizers allocated separate dwelling place for the natives. The non-Europeans were separated, allocating separate seats in the buses, trains, waiting-rooms etc. School functions and competitions were strictly segregated. The blacks were not allowed to worship along with the whites. During the colonial period, a person was not considered to be white if one of his or her parents was non-white. In Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful, Prinsloo expresses his pain that he has lost his job as he has coloured skin. There was segregation in education and the natives were not allowed to own a house. And it was pathetic that the blacks were not allowed to attend a funeral service in the church which was allocated for the whites. Alan Paton depicts the condition of the natives in South Africa and he expresses his protest against the discriminatory laws .He dreams of a South Africa , shedding all the evils existing in the country so that the natives can enjoy liberty, equality and fraternity.

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"Alan Paton’s Novel Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful - A Protest against Segregation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.255-259, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903336.pdf

"Alan Paton’s Novel Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful - A Protest against Segregation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp255-259, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903336.pdf