Journal•ISSN: 1753-2523
African Historical Review
Taylor & Francis
About: African Historical Review is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Colonialism & Politics. It has an ISSN identifier of 1753-2523. Over the lifetime, 396 publications have been published receiving 1929 citations.
Topics: Colonialism, Politics, Historiography, White (horse), Football
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TL;DR: A history from the pre-colonial period to 2008 of Zimbabwe is described in this article, where the authors present Becoming Zimbabwe: A History from the Pre-colonial Period to 2008.
Abstract: (2011). Becoming Zimbabwe – A History from the Pre-colonial Period to 2008. African Historical Review: Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 130-131.
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TL;DR: The annihilation of the aboriginal societies of the Canary archipelago, which consists of seven islands off the coast of southern Morocco and was populated by indigenes derived from Berber-speaking...
Abstract: The annihilation of the aboriginal societies of the Canary archipelago, which consists of seven islands off the coast of southern Morocco and was populated by indigenes derived from Berber-speaking...
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TL;DR: The authors traces changing interpretations of the nature of Coloured identity and the history of the Coloured community in South Africa in both popular thinking as well as the academy and explores some of the main contestations that have arisen between rival schools of thought, particularly their stance on the popular perception that Colouredness is an inherent racial condition derived from miscegenation.
Abstract: This article traces changing interpretations of the nature of Coloured identity and the history of the Coloured community in South Africa in both popular thinking as well as the academy. It explores some of the main contestations that have arisen between rival schools of thought, particularly their stance on the popular perception that Colouredness is an inherent racial condition derived from miscegenation. This essay identifies four distinct paradigms in historical writing on the Coloured people. Firstly, there is the essentialist school which regards Colouredness as a product of miscegenation and represents the conventional understanding of the identity. Secondly, instrumentalists view Coloured identity as an artificial creation of the white ruling class who used it as a ploy to divide and rule the black majority. This explanation, which first emerged in academic writing in the early 1980s, held sway in anti-apartheid circles. Opposing these interpretations are what may be termed the social con...
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