Showing papers in "African Historical Review in 2018"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present Worlds at War: The Local and the Global in New Histories of the South African War, which is a new history of the war and its aftermath.
Abstract: (2018). Worlds at War: The Local and the Global in New Histories of the South African War. African Historical Review: Vol. 50, “Bantustan States”, pp. 130-150.
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TL;DR: South Africa's social and educational history has rarely singled out specific bantustans for special attention; rather, it has analysed these as part of South Africa's broader segregationist history as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: South Africa’s social and educational historiography has rarely singled out specific bantustans for special attention; rather, it has analysed these as part of South Africa’s broader segregationist...
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TL;DR: In his study on Kwame Nkrumah, D. Rooney points out that he, “almost alone among African leaders, saw the continent's future in a global perspective, and foresaw the political and economic liberation of the continent from the yoke of colonialism and neo-colonialism and the establishment of a socialist United States of Africa.
Abstract: In his study on Kwame Nkrumah, D. Rooney points out that he, “almost alone among African leaders, saw the continent’s future in a global perspective.”1 His Pan-Africanist vision foresaw the political and economic liberation of the continent from the yoke of colonialism and neo-colonialism and the establishment of a socialist United States of Africa. Acting as the “vanguard of the African revolution,” Ghana was meant to pave the way for this radical revision of the postcolonial world order, challenging Cold War powers and the influence of their ideologies in Africa.2 Few other figures in modern African history unleashed such an intense debate as Kwame Nkrumah. Addressed by
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authority of the state and its "infrastructural power" in school education in the Eastern Cape bantustans during and after "homeland" rule is explored.
Abstract: In this article I explore the authority of the state (and its “infrastructural power”) in school education in the Eastern Cape bantustans during and after “homeland” rule. I focus my narrative on t...
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TL;DR: The authors examines the Ciskei bantustan and processes of state formation during the transition to democracy and provides a corrective to the prevailing academic focus on the elite negotiations and argues for the value of social histories of the bantus states for understanding the enduring legacy of these regimes.
Abstract: This article examines the Ciskei bantustan and processes of state formation during the
transition to democracy. In the Ciskei, the rule of Brigadier Gqozo rested on the continued
support of the South African state: identified as the weakest link in the National Party’s
conservative alliance, the Ciskei became the first target for the African National Congress’
mass action campaign of 1992. The struggle in the Ciskei thus had some significance for the
shape of the transition. While at a constitutional level the National Party eventually conceded
to the re-incorporation of the bantustans in late 1992, it continued to stall change and to
bolster the bantustans through covert military operations and land transfers to bantustan elites.
These dynamics of state formation are critical aspects of the history of the transition and were
at the heart of the emerging political conflict in the Ciskei, which by mid-1992 was escalating
into civil war. This article examines mass mobilisation, political repression and the
consequences of the patrimonial militarisation of the Ciskei state in the Ciskei/ Border region.
By focusing on processes of state formation and struggles over the fabric of the state, this
article provides a corrective to the prevailing academic focus on the elite negotiations and
argues for the value of social histories of the bantustan states for understanding the enduring
legacies of these regimes.
6 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the same old stories in books with brand-new covers are retold for three more biographical studies on Jan Smuts, including the one presented in this paper.
Abstract: (2018). Retelling “the Same Old Stories in Books with Brand-New Covers”: Three More Biographical Studies on Jan Smuts. African Historical Review: Vol. 50, “Bantustan States”, pp. 151-158.
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TL;DR: The Second Colonial Occupation: Development Planning, Agriculture, and the Legacies of British Rule in Nigeria, by Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina as discussed by the authors, was published in 2018.
Abstract: (2018). The Second Colonial Occupation: Development Planning, Agriculture, and the Legacies of British Rule in Nigeria, by Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina. African Historical Review: Vol. 50, “Bantustan States”, pp. 192-195.
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TL;DR: The bantustans were economically impoverished and politically fraudulent, and their leaders often claimed to be driving a "development agenda" that valorised the power of the market as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Though the bantustans were economically impoverished and politically fraudulent, their leaders often claimed to be driving a “development agenda” that valorised the power of the market, and...
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TL;DR: The authors explored the role of white male public officials who occupied senior positions in the Qwaqwa bantustan's public service during the rule of the Dikwankwetla Party under the leadership o...
Abstract: This article explores the role of white male public officials who occupied senior positions in the Qwaqwa bantustan's public service during the rule of the Dikwankwetla Party under the leadership o...
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TL;DR: The Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees and Lewiston, Maine, by Catherine Besteman as discussed by the authors, was published in 2018, and was the first publication of the book.
Abstract: (2018). Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees and Lewiston, Maine, by Catherine Besteman. African Historical Review: Vol. 50, “Bantustan States”, pp. 186-188.
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TL;DR: The Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800-1990, by Martin Legassick as mentioned in this paper, was published in 2018 and is considered a seminal work.
Abstract: (2018). Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800–1990, by Martin Legassick. African Historical Review: Vol. 50, “Bantustan States”, pp. 175-177.