Deborah Posel

Author Deborah Posel is a South African sociologist who is Professor Emeritus at the University of Cape Town. She was the founding director of two prominent interdisciplinary research institutes, UCT’s Institute for Humanities in Africa and the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research. She has researched and published widely on South African society and history. Her recent book Darker Shade of Pale: From Shtetl to Colony is available for purchase on Amazon and NYU press.