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BiographyMoses Mauane Kotane
Moses Mauane Kotane was born at Tamposstad in the Rustenburg district of the western Transvaal on 9th of August in 1905, Kotane came from a devoutly Christian…
Rebecca Lan
Rebecca Lan was born in 1933 in Cape Town and grew up in Oranjezicht and Athlone. Her parents were immigrants from Lithuania who arrived in South Africa in…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… role in shaping the history and diversity of Cape Town. Origins The exploration of the African continent in the … Malacca, West Indies, Brazil and possibly…
ArticleXhosa
… food restrictions. There is no actual surgical operation. Origins: Although they speak a common language, Xhosa people … loosely organized, but distinct…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… Sisulu were fascinated with Alexander’s part-Ethiopian origins, although they did not know about the story of his …
ArticleThe Order of the Baobab
… from the Baobab which is a tropical African tree. The origins of the name Baobab is part of the many rich legends …
BiographyMarion Monica Sparg
… African family in the Eastern Cape , with German and Irish origins. After completing her studies, Marion worked as a …
BiographyAbdullah Ibrahim
South African musician, Abdullah Ibrahim was born on the 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa. Born Adolph Johannes Brand, he converted to Islam in 1968…
BiographyFrantz Fanon
Early years He was born on the 20 July 1925, in the Caribbean Island of Martinique. He was fifth of the eight children; his family belonged to the middle…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… as well as major projects on mission stations and the origins of colonial settlement in southern Africa. He has …
BiographyGcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile also known as Sizwe or Tshonyi[1] was born on the 6th of October in 1957. He was originally from Port Elizabeth. He was…
ArchiveThe Beginning of it all: Paper presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1966
… Conference at Cape Town on 18 October 1966, discusses origins and history of slavery worldwide, resistance, end to slavery, William Wilberforce, Samuel…
Pedi
… initiation schools, outside the chiefs' jurisdiction. Origins Monarchy According to historians, Pedi society has it’s origins in the northern Transvaal. The…
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… when they were forced to move to KwaMsiza . Although the origins of Ndebele wall decoration are still uncertain, there …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… landscape spans just over half a century. The PAC’s origins came about as result of the lack of consensus on the …
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… have an accurate representation of the proportion of slave origins at the Cape, we do know from the records available … all. It was thus the very diversity…
BiographyIrma Stern
Irma Stern was born in 1894 in Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal. She studied in Weimar and Berlin and had her inaugural exhibition in Berlin in 1919. On her return…
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
Abdool Karrim Essak was born in 1925 in India. He was the third child of Fathima and Ishaq Hashim. His father was an adventurer and left his family to seek…
BiographyMewa Ramgobin
Mewalal “Mewa” Ramgobin was born on 10 November 1932 in Inanda, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His grandparents arrived in Natal as indentured labourers. His…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
Early Life John Gordon Sprig was born in Ipswich, England in 1830, the son of a pastor. He schooled at Ipswich and at other private schools before taking up…
BiographyRonald (Ronnie) Kasrils
Ronald Kasrils was born in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on 15 November 1938. His grandparents were immigrants from Latvia and Lithuania, who had fled from the…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… history and development of the Orange Free State province. Origins: The four major ethnic divisions among Black South … Sotho (Tswana), and the North Sotho …
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… G. (1989). The Human Career:Human Biological and Cultural Origins. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago and London. …
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… paper by Nicole Ulrich at Wits History Dept., titled "The Origins of FOSATU: The emergence of trade unions in Natal and … to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… to another group. Notions of Race: Why is studying human origins important? The ideas of Social Darwinism also …
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… have such an emotional connection, come from? The exact origins of the word ‘Africa’ are contentious, but there is … traction. One of the most popular…
Black theology
… Journal article about the origins of Black theology, Black theology in Africa, and its …
Black theology
… Journal article about the origins of Black theology, Black theology in Africa, and its …
ArchiveSocial Mobilization and Racial Capitalism in South Africa, 1928- 1960 by Allison Drew, Los Angeles, 1991
… thesis is noted in particular for its study of the origins and evolution of Trotskyism in South Africa …
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… of violence. To this end, it builds on the structuralist origins of constructivist work by updating the methodology to … of individual actors. Identifying…