‘Two wrongs don’t make a right’ – Frazer Barry on roots, land and moving forward

‘Two wrongs don’t make a right’ – Frazer Barry on roots, land and moving forward

Musician Frazer Barry recounted how, at 19, he broke into a holiday home in Kleinmond believing he was reclaiming land taken from his Khoekhoen ancestors. Speaking at the PALS annual general meeting in Ceres on 27 August, he described a family history shaped by dispossession, the dopstelsel and mixed ancestry spanning Khoekhoen, Scottish, Dutch, Sri Lankan, Jewish and Indo-Javanese roots. Three decades later, he draws a different lesson: “Two wr…