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ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… from the colonies. These changes included taking land from African people and giving it to the growing number of … or crops as was the practice before…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… Asia and several countries aside from South Africa on the African continent. Marc Latamie, Castor & Pollux, (1995), … Kingelez and Isaac Julien, whilst in…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… During the 1920s, the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) - which changed its name to the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923 - did not…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… in its history, I consider it my duty as leader of the African National Congress , a Union-wide premier political organisation among the African people in…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… On 14 October, three days after the declaration of South African (Anglo-Boer) War, W.K.L. Dickson (who had perfected … Diamond Robbery was released. It was…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… were, by the 1940s, increasingly under threat however, as African resistance to the racially based system rapidly … industrialisation and a substantial…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… policies included apartheid, the establishment of a South African Republic, and the promotion of Afrikaner culture. NP … first prime minister of the Union,…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… Africans followed suit. In 1889 the Whites-only South African Rugby Board was founded. Eight years later the South African Coloured Rugby Football Board was…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… a demonstration. Photograph by Shadrack Nkomo © Bailey's African History Archive. Numerous factors characterised the … For instance, the car bomb explosion…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… For instance, the car bomb explosion in front of the South African Air Force Headquarters and the South African Defence Force (SADF) Military Intelligence ……
ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
… most important element in the folk memory of Afrikaner Nationalism. However, far from being the peaceful and … theory' is unreliable - the devastation and…
Afrikaner
… group was formed which identified itself completely with African soil. As early as 1707, Hendrik Biebouw (Bibault) … traditionally celebrated annually even…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… into the Union of South Africa. During this war, many African people associated themselves with the British in the … The Afrikaners were mistaken, however,…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… Turning points in modern South African History since 1948& In 1948 South Africa held a … lesson will be on some of the key turning points in South African…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… towards homosexuality and history of homosexuality within African society Most denominations of Christianity rejected … Christianity has played a role in…
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… industrial skills provided a ‘ seedback for future radical nationalism that would later escalate into a larger issue during the South African War’ , which…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… first, that many people had taken its message of nationalism to heart and, second, that many more were ready … and the early Youth League before them,…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… strike. December , A new leadership nurtured in the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) comes into power in the African National Congress (ANC) …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… in the British Empire to come to its assistance. The South African Prime Minister, General Louis Botha declared his … Botha agreed to raise an army of the…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… ABSTRACT: Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories. [i] … shaped her motivation as one of the most…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… Europe, the period of imperialism coincided with growing nationalism and unification when previously divided political … The main aim was to secure…
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… expressions of Afrikaner political awakening and Afrikaner nationalism, although they began simply as bodies to … eventually merged with it to become a major…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… home politics & governance liberation struggle emerging nationalism and socialist resistance 1900-1959 … References  …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Walter Sisulu and Professor Z. K. Matthews join the African National Congress (ANC). 7 July, The Executive Committees of the All African Convention (AAC) and…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… the strategic centre point for the promotion of Afrikaner nationalism. Ultimately it would all but subsume the National … Famine and rural drift into the…
The Afrikaner Bond
… in 1911. It became the earliest proponent of an Afrikaner nationalism that would culminate in the victory of the … their Fatherland, and only want to fill…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… By the 1900s African people had been dispossessed of their land and … 1900 A fifth of the total land area in the South African Republic (ZAR) is owned by…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… for Volkskas followed from the upsurge of Afrikaner nationalism in 1938 with the centenary festivities … sentiment with its claim to be the only real South…
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… process, revolutionary politics, free jazz and other African musics. Presently his research and thinking is … shrines of liberalism and radicalism in…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… were stalinists and socialists of various hues in the African National Congress (and its ancillary movements) … movement COSATU, have been active…