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There Is No Black In The Rainbow (Nation): A Bikoist And Fanonian Approach To Understanding "Xenophobic" Violence In South Africa, Reshoketswe B. Mapokgole
There Is No Black In The Rainbow (Nation): A Bikoist And Fanonian Approach To Understanding "Xenophobic" Violence In South Africa, Reshoketswe B. Mapokgole
Senior Theses and Projects
South Africa has for at least the past 6 years experienced the problem of violence against African immigrants. The violence has become popularly known as “xenophobia”. In the thesis I investigate why the “xenophobic” violence broke out against African immigrants in Alexandra, May 2008. I also attempt to give explanation for to why it was poor Blacks that participated in the violence. I focus on the racist, anti-Black historical past Blacks experienced in South Africa and how this past contributed to violence that broke out. I use Frantz Fanon and Steve Biko’s philosophies to analyze the violence because both authors’ …
Interview With Constance Prince, Brett Edward King
Interview With Constance Prince, Brett Edward King
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 97 minutes
Oral history interview of Constance Prince by Brett Edward King
In her interview, Ms. Prince details her difficult childhood in Florida, her first marriage, the birth of her daughter, and her divorce. She recalls how she completed her degree at Florida State University and moved with her daughter to Chicago to attend Northwestern University. She describes how she first learned of South African apartheid at Northwestern through Prexy Nesbitt. This, she explains, led to her involvement in the anti-apartheid movement: at the urging of Nesbitt and George Schmidt, she wrote a three-piece series outlining the history of …
Interview With Zeva Schub, Lynette Marie Reid
Interview With Zeva Schub, Lynette Marie Reid
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 67 minutes
Oral history interview of Zeva Schub by Lynette Marie Reid
Zeva Schub’s activism began early during her time in high school. She was involved in civil rights activism and carried it over when she went to college at the University of Illinois. She describes the influence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had on her and her sister, who was involved in the Anti-apartheid movement in Chicago, which is what prompted her to join the cause. She describes becoming a member of CIDSA (Coalition for Illinois Divestment in South Africa) and joining other organizations that were opposed …
Interview With Funeka Sihlali, Renell Schubert
Interview With Funeka Sihlali, Renell Schubert
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 92 minutes
Oral history interview of Funeka Sihlali by Renell Schubert
Ms. Sihlali begins by describing her childhood in King William’s Town when the Apartheid regime was instituted, living in government housing with her family in a single-room house with no bathroom, sharing a toilet with four other households. She explains having to learn the customs which were different from that in her home, for example, to look at African elders was a sign of disrespect, but outside of the home, she had to learn to make eye contact with white people to keep them from seeing her as …
Interview With Orlando Redekopp, Balin Pagadala
Interview With Orlando Redekopp, Balin Pagadala
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Mr. Redekopp describes living in Botswana between 1977 and 1980, building correspondence schools for South African refugees who fled Soweto amidst the Uprising of 1976. He describes living amongst South Africans, notably attending a memorial service for Steve Biko. He states how after returning to North America, he began participating in the anti-apartheid movement. He explains how, in 1982, once settled in Chicago, he served as minister at the First Church of the Brethren in Chicago. He details his time between1980 and 1990, participating in Sing Out Against Apartheid, protests outside the Chicago South African Consulate, and divestment efforts within …
Interview With Joan Gerig, Jessica Peoples
Interview With Joan Gerig, Jessica Peoples
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 192 minutes
Oral history interview of Joan Gerig by Jessica Peoples
Gerig begins by describing her radicalization in Botswana between 1977 and 1980 when she lived and built correspondence schools for South African refugees fleeing Soweto after the Uprising of 1976. She explains how, upon returning to the U.S., she became a liaison between the religious community and the anti-apartheid movement. She details her role in organizing the annual “Standing for the Truth” campaign. She also mentions her participation in coalitions such as CCIDSA, CCISSA, the Mozambique Solidarity Network, the Church of the Brethren in South Africa Network, Evangelical …
Stop The Apartheid Rugby Tour (Sart)/Chicago, Lisa Brock
Stop The Apartheid Rugby Tour (Sart)/Chicago, Lisa Brock
Lisa Brock Collection
Press release about the Springboks South African rugby team tour to New Zealand, that was met with a large social protest by HALT (Halt All Racists Tours) and calling for awareness and support for the Chicago protest rally against the South African team on September 12, 1981.