Then I discovered that he already had – in his younger days he visited a Boer settlement in South Africa for an episode of Weird Weekends.Īdepitan was fine when looking around and chatting to the schoolboy whose grandfather founded the town (the boy was rehearsing a play which we were told was about “homosexual monsters” who look like monkeys and are outwitted by their clever, white neighbours). My overriding thought was that Louis Theroux should have been doing this. ![]() If you’re going to get under the skin of a place like this, you need a skilled observer and interviewer. Nobody was overtly racist to him and they skirted around their political beliefs. But I’m going to set aside my prejudices.” Which was a clunky way to start. At the outset, he declared: “To me, they seem like racists. You don’t have to be white to live there, but it helps (black residents: zero).Īdepitan is the first black person to stay a week in the town. Prospective residents are interviewed about their knowledge of Afrikaaner traditions, language and Protestant faith. Orania is in the Karoo Desert, its original population of 40 families now swelled to 3,000. In Whites Only: Ade’s Extremist Adventure (Channel 4), he visited Orania, a community set up by Afrikaaners and where the hillside is dotted with statues honouring the architects of apartheid. ![]() ![]() What could possibly go wrong? The man in question is Ade Adepitan, the former Paralympian-turned-presenter. A black man enters a whites-only town in South Africa.
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