Power And Resistance In An African Society
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Power And Resistance In An African Society
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Author : Les Switzer
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 1993
Power And Resistance In An African Society written by Les Switzer and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Imagine a history of the United States written from the perspective of the African-American community. Imagine that the story of this community is told not only from the viewpoint of its leaders--the middle-class elites--but also from the viewpoint of sharecroppers, industrial workers and others living on the margins of American culture. And finally, imagine that this is not only about political and economic relations but also about "race," class, gender, and religious relations, about the lived experiences of one community that both reflect and represent fundamental issues of power and resistance in an entire society. This is what Les Switzer has tried to do with his book Power and Resistance in an African Society. Scholars who have read it suggest that this is the first attempt to write a history of South Africa from the perspective of one subordinate community in South Africa. The reult is a transformed history "from below." The names, dates, events, and issues of conventional textbook history lose their meaning in the process of reconstructing a history that seeks to free the African from the domain of South Africa's ruling culture. The book also offers a unique contribution to African studies in sub-Saharan Africa, because it explores the material and symbolic manifestations of power and resistance in a pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial setting. The Ciskei region in the eastern Cape was selected as the case study. This was the historic zone of conflict between European and Bantu-speaking African in southern Africa--the Cape-Xhosa wars in this region lasting a century. The contemporary African nationalist movement in South Africa first emerged in a variety of organizational forms in the Ciskei during the 1870s and 1880s. The strategy of petitionary protest probably persisted longer here than anywhere else in South Africa in the post-colonial period, but popular resistance found a variety of windows outside organized African politics. The Ciskei, for example, was a focal point of rural resistance in the 1920s and early 1930s and again between the early 1940s and early 1960s. The gap between rural and urban dissidents in South Africa, moreover, was first bridged in the Ciskei and its environs during the 1952 Defiance Campaign. Finally, the Ciskei's segregated African reserve, where economic conditions were judged to be most serious, emerged as a primary site of struggle on South Africa's periphery during the 1970s and 1980s. The focus of this study is on the Xhosa-speaking peoples who lived in the Ciskei region in the first century after conquest. To highlight the linkages between regional and national issues, the Xhosa in the Ciskei are examined in the context of unfolding events in the Cape Colony and in the unified settler state of South Africa after 1910. A distinct plurality of voices would be formed in the complex interplay between color, consciousness, and class, as this community sought space for itself within the domain of South Africa's ruling culture.
Body Of Power Spirit Of Resistance
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Author : Jean Comaroff
language : en
Publisher:
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Body Of Power Spirit Of Resistance written by Jean Comaroff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Civic Agency In Africa
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Author : Ebenezer Obadare
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2014
Civic Agency In Africa written by Ebenezer Obadare and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
Examines the variety of mostly unorganized and informal ways in which Africans exercise agency and resist state power in the 21st century, through citizen action and popular culture, and how the relationship between ruler and ruled is being reframed.
Terror And Resistance
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Author : Eugene Victor Walter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Terror And Resistance written by Eugene Victor Walter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Political violence categories.
Study of sociological aspects of arbitrary power, with particular reference to political leadership of tribal peoples in Africa - covers cultural factors of social structures, political systems in traditional societies, psychological aspects of leadership, etc., and includes case studies. Bibliography pp. 345 to 374 and references.
Intellectuals And African Development
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Author : Bjorn Beckman
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2008-02-29
Intellectuals And African Development written by Bjorn Beckman and has been published by Zed Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-29 with Social Science categories.
This book looks at the very different responses to the African predicament from prominent writers like Soyinka, Ngugi and Achebe, to the military men in power and the students who defy repression. It suggests that intervention by international agencies who claim to promote 'democracy' and 'empower the youth' may reinforce authoritarian attitudes and structures. The essays in the book give voice to the outrage, ridicule and revolutionary ardour, as well as to the reformist caution, of those directly affected. The shallow pretences of those in power and the hypocrisy and arrogance of the foreign helpers are also exposed. The book concludes that being an 'insider' or an 'outsider' is less important than being committed to listening to ordinary people.
Student Resistance To Apartheid At The University Of Fort Hare
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Author : Rico Devara Chapman
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-05-12
Student Resistance To Apartheid At The University Of Fort Hare written by Rico Devara Chapman and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-12 with Political Science categories.
The book explores forms of popular student resistance to apartheid education in South Africa, particularly at the University of Fort Hare (UFH), by tracing student activism at UFH from 1970 to 2000; highlighting the factors that influenced the development of a culture of student resistance; investigating the root causes that made Fort Hare exceptional in its stand against apartheid; and chronicling the educational and social implications that resulted from students’ unparalleled and fearless actions against the apartheid system. Student resistance at Fort Hare can be traced as far back as the 1940s; however, this book will primarily focus on the critical 1970–2000 period, which was marked by increased student activism in South Africa. The 1980s and 1990s were peak years for student activism in the country. There is no doubt that student struggles during this period and thereafter helped dismantle apartheid and usher in a new South African government.
A Bold Profession
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Author : Leslie Anne Hadfield
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2021-05-11
A Bold Profession written by Leslie Anne Hadfield and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with History categories.
In rural South African clinics, Black nurses were charged with administering life-saving health care measures despite a lack of equipment and personnel, often while navigating the intersections of traditional African healing practices and changing gender relations. A Bold Profession is an homage to their dedication to the well-being of their communities.
Resistance And Ideology In Settler Societies
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Author : Tom Lodge
language : en
Publisher: Raven Press (South Africa)
Release Date : 1986
Resistance And Ideology In Settler Societies written by Tom Lodge and has been published by Raven Press (South Africa) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Political Science categories.
The Power Of Resistance
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Author : Rowhea M. Elmesky
language : en
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Release Date : 2017-10-13
The Power Of Resistance written by Rowhea M. Elmesky and has been published by Emerald Group Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-13 with Education categories.
This book is guided through the powerful ideological frameworks of culture and social reproduction and looks specifically to the role of schooling as a vehicle for catalysing change.
Protest And Power In Black Africa
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Author : Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui
language : en
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1970
Protest And Power In Black Africa written by Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui and has been published by New York : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Africa, Sub-Saharan categories.
Compilation of essays comprising a comparison of social movements of resistance to the dominant role of Europe in political leadership in Africa south of Sahara - gives historical and theoretical insights into the workings of African politics, and covers political problems, the role of UK, the role of Germany, the role of France, the emergence of interest groups and political parties, issues of sovereignty and diplomacy, etc. Bibliography pp. 1197 to 1213.