The fifteenth Heornle Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr. Simon Biesheuvel who was concerned with the social and political importance of race problems and more specifically the study of race, culture and the psychology of African personality under the South African climate of apartheid and its development at all cultural levels.
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Race, culture and personality

- Origin date
- 14 October 1959
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Race, culture and personality. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111947
South African History Online (2016) 'Race, culture and personality', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111947 (Accessed: 11 September 2026).
South African History Online, Race, culture and personality [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111947, (accessed 11 September 2026).
"Race, culture and personality." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111947. Accessed 11 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Race, culture and personality." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111947.
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