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ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… those in the West Indies and Caribbean. Studies done on colonial era slave societies across the globe show how … that due to the isolation of these farms…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… African people had been dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was still in the process of being entrenched. … for white occupation as from January…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… and children as forced labourers. In 1828 the British colonial troops joined frontier farmers and attacked an area … Zulu rule. In 1844 he signed a treaty…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… isolated people that were considered unwanted elements in colonial society. Among the first inhabitants were political … Among the political prisoners on…
ArchiveQuote from Marx
… Marx, Cecil Rhodes and Lenin. Map of Africa showing the colonial partition. Artwork of high society dining. Artwork …
ArchiveBolt: magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.1 No.3 1970
… TONY MORPHET and MIKE KIRKWOOD. Contents: The Hyenas-A Colonial Study, E. Wyllie Findlay. Women in Love, Phil Joffe; …
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… Coast, but are defeated by the Portuguese. In a brutal colonial campaign, the Portuguese try to convert people into … Swahili population, and take Zanzibar…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… Joseph Chamberlain who was visiting South Africa. But the Colonial Secretary who had come to receive a gift of …
PlaceTrevean House, 258 Wakesleigh Road, Bellair, Durban
… building is probably the best surviving example of a late Colonial Victorian building in Natal. It was declared a …
I will not Compromise About my Work: David Goldblatt on Artistic Freedom, Censorship, and Moving His Archive Out of South Africa by Robin Scher ( ArtsNews.com), 2017
… a bucket of feces onto a statue of Cecil John Rhodes, a colonial expansionist who provided the original endowment of … was a learning environment that…
PlaceXuxuwa, Eastern Cape
… has subsequently been published; The Borders of Race in Colonial South Africa by Robert Ross. This book provides a … is thus crucial in understanding the…
PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
… Bay, now Port Elizabeth, became a thorn in the side of the colonial authorities. Established for a group of about 600 … For them, Bethelsdorp was a refuge…
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… as growing resentment between the farmers and the British colonial authorities. The farmers argued that because the colonial government limited the…
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… changed to Elliot, after Sir Henry Elliot , a prominent Colonial administrator and Chief Magistrate of Transkie , …
EventMugabe announces the merging of ZANU and ZAPU
… Front. The merged Patriotic Front helped Mugabe defeat the colonial government of Ian Smith in 1980. Since then Mugabe …
EventBaden Powell is born in London, England
… was considered to be a distinguished member of the British colonial army, and he was lauded at home for establishing the …
EventThe district of Uitenhage is founded in the Eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist
… Uitenhage de Mist felt there was a need to improve the colonial administration of the Cape areas. The new district …
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… major forum for resistance photographers that challenged colonial photography, Gary Minkley and Ciraj Rassool trace … of the Western world. [9] Obviously,…
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… and descendants in order to hopefully develop a solution. Colonial expansion contributed to the development of … forced to serve the colonists (South Africa…
ArchiveThe international situation
… the 3rd-5th of January, 1962. This paper outlines the anti-colonial struggles of the oppressed around the world. The …
If we want to understand African history, we need to understand the Battle of Adwa by Hannah Giorgis (Pambazuka News), 02 Mar 2016
… visions of political and spiritual liberation from colonial forces, both formal and informal. The northern … The treaty, signed before the formal start of…
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… cultural material from southern Africa, artefacts from the colonial period of the Cape, including maritime and … leather clothing worn by the San thousands…
Under the influence of Dumile Feni’s 'African Guernica' by Sharlene Khan (The Conversation), 07 September 2016
… neo-colonialisms. One assumes that Feni is commenting on colonial racism that by this time has become … institutionalised as apartheid in South Africa…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… 29% 11% 4% Following is a brief review of the history of colonial conquest and land dispossession in South Africa, … R. (1993). Beyond the Pale: Essays on…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… believed to be the name of the son of a local Nguni pre-colonial headman, chief Musi, who had lived in the east of …
The oldest forms of human communication
… provides a taste of Africa's rich heritage, long before colonial times. South Africa's distant past may be learned …
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… movements in countries that were still under the grip of colonial occupation, white minority rule and apartheid took …
Address to the SANC Local Government Conference, 30 July 1999 Johannesburg
… in their socio-political and economic life. Part of the colonial legacy was the local system of control and … exercise of power through indirect rule…
EventMozambique gains independence
… After a prolonged liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rulers, Mozambique became independent as People's …
EventThe longest state of emergency in Kenya ends
… EvelynBaring, due to the Mau Mau rebellion against British colonial rule and incarceration of thousands of Kenyans. This …