The Impact of Racial Segregation and Migration on African Society in Alan Paton’s Novel “Cry the Beloved Country”

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the impact of racial segregation and migration on South African society. The descriptive analytical method was adopted.. The data have been collected via the authentic material which is Alan Paton’s novel” Cry, the beloved country” as well as other materials and information which were taken from different books encyclopedias and researches. The techniques adopted in analyzing the data was coding to obtain the relation between racial segregation and migration as depicted by Alan Paton in his novel” Cry the Beloved Country The following results were found: There is strong relation between racial segregation and migration . ” It means that the practice and its strict result in social and economic problems lead to migration from rural to urban areas. The author succeeds to defend his issue during the time of racial segregation. Alan Paton portraits the struggles of racial segregation and their impact on migration in South Africa society. The writer depicts also the way that society in the South Africa deals with stigma especially the virtues which exist in society. The behaviors of Stephen Camalo represent the phenomenon and how the people deal with in a Christian society.