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Inkatha, Propaganda, And Violence In Kwazulu-Natal In The 1980s And 90s, Michael Macinnes
Inkatha, Propaganda, And Violence In Kwazulu-Natal In The 1980s And 90s, Michael Macinnes
Voces Novae
In 1980s and 1990s, Apartheid was entering its twilight in South Africa but a state of low density civil war existed in the province of KwaZulu-Natal between the African National Congress/United Democratic Front and Inkatha. This paper seeks to come to a better understanding of the violence of this time period and in this region by exploring the factors that motivated individual Inkatha supporters to engage in violence. The motivation factors discussed in this paper are Political Propaganda, Coercion, and Opportunistic Violence.
The Politics Of Land Rights In The Transition To Democratic South Africa: The Rise And Fall Of The Constitutional Property Clause, Anna Louisa Roosevelt Lennon
The Politics Of Land Rights In The Transition To Democratic South Africa: The Rise And Fall Of The Constitutional Property Clause, Anna Louisa Roosevelt Lennon
Honors Projects
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Land In South Africa: Dispossession, Constitutionalism, Political Expediency, Dylan Anton Sparks
Land In South Africa: Dispossession, Constitutionalism, Political Expediency, Dylan Anton Sparks
Senior Projects Spring 2019
This project explores the political history of land dispossession in twentieth century South Africa. It conducts a comprehensive analysis of the legal mechanisms and public policies articulated in the democratic era to address the dark history of dispossession and land theft. It concludes with the suggestion that the resurgence of land in the contemporary political debate questions the legitimacy of the democratic transition and Constitution, when, in fact, the political establishment bears a large responsibility for the glacial pace of land reform over the first twenty-five years of democracy.
Interview With George Schmidt, Melena Grace Nicholson
Interview With George Schmidt, Melena Grace Nicholson
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 154 minutes
Oral history interview of George Schmidt by Melena Grace Nicholson
Chicago Public School teacher and union activist, George Schmidt discusses his work as editor of Substance a newspaper covering public education that he helped found in 1975. His activism was sparked during his college years and he recounts his work during his teaching career. He was involved in the G.I. movement and military counseling, working with ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union), and people in Angola and Mozambique, before becoming a teacher. His interest in military counseling and the G.I. movement stems from his own parents’ experience during …
Interview With Clarice Durham, Lauren Ashley Alexander
Interview With Clarice Durham, Lauren Ashley Alexander
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 95 minutes
Oral history interview of Clarice Durham by Lauren Ashley Alexander
Clarice Durham recalls her childhood and recounts her work with the Illinois NAACP, The National Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with African Liberation (NAIMSAL), and as co-chair of the National Alliance Against Racial and Political Oppression. She campaigned for justice in the Scottsboro Boys case in 1931, attended the founding convention of the Progressive Party in 1948, and participated in the March on Washington in 1963. As Durham recaps her trip to South Africa, she recalls the change it had on her and her views of the movement. …
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 Otis Cunningham, Danny Fenster
Interview With Otis Cunningham, Danny Fenster
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 98 minutes
Oral history interview of Otis Cunningham by Danny Fenster
Mr. Cunningham begins by explaining what it was like growing up amidst the Civil Rights Movement in Chicago, witnessing the reactions to the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. He explains how he first became involved in activism for African liberation movements when he joined the African-American Solidarity Committee where he served on the editorial board of their journal and he elaborates on the work they did. He recalls the social gatherings that sprung up through the movement. He explains the complicated history and relationships …
Relays In Rebellion: The Power In Lilian Ngoyi And Fannie Lou Hamer, Cathy Laverne Freeman
Relays In Rebellion: The Power In Lilian Ngoyi And Fannie Lou Hamer, Cathy Laverne Freeman
History Theses
This thesis compares how Lilian Ngoyi of South Africa and Fannie Lou Hamer of the United States crafted political identities and assumed powerful leadership, respectively, in struggles against racial oppression via the African National Congress and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. The study asserts that Ngoyi and Hamer used alternative sources of personal power which arose from their location in the intersecting social categories of culture, gender and class. These categories challenge traditional disciplinary boundaries and complicate any analysis of political economy, state power relations and black liberation studies which minimize the contributions of women. Also, by analyzing resistance leadership …
Interview With Carol Thompson, Marcia Monaco
Interview With Carol Thompson, Marcia Monaco
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 91 minutes
Oral history interview of Carol Thompson by Marcia Monaco
In this interview, Carol Thompson recalls her involvement and work in the anti-apartheid movement. She explains that her awareness of the anti-Apartheid movement began while at Northern Illinois University, but she first became involved after she moved to Chicago, when she met South African author, Donald Woods, which led to her involvement in the Dennis Brutus’ defense committee. She recalls that she initially worked with Clergy and Laity Concerned and later, alongside Prexy Nesbitt, became a founding member of CIDSA, which was committed to passing legislation in Chicago …
Interview With Basil Clunie, Juston Ori
Interview With Basil Clunie, Juston Ori
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 73 minutes
Oral history interview of Basil Clunie by Juston Ori
Basil Clunie recalls growing up in New York, attending cricket games, and following the Dodgers baseball team, especially Jackie Robinson. Education was an important part of his family, as his parents came to New York to for education, with his mother earning a degree in math and his father a pharmacy degree. He mentions describes about the organizations he worked with during his time in the anti-apartheid movement and recalls the sparked his activism in 1961. He discusses the 1964 race riots in Harlem, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, …
Statement From Archbishop Tutu For Walter Sisulu, Desmond Tutu
Statement From Archbishop Tutu For Walter Sisulu, Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Collection Textual
Archbishop Tutu’s statement on the passing away of ANC Political leader Walter Sisulu. Handwritten and typed versions.
South Africa: The Elections And The Path Ahead, Prexy Nesbitt
South Africa: The Elections And The Path Ahead, Prexy Nesbitt
Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches
As the Senior Program Officer for the John D. and catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, wrote this piece covering the 1994 general election in South Africa, the first of which was held with universal adult suffrage.
Getting Beyond The Elephants: Africa In The 90'S, Prexy Nesbitt
Getting Beyond The Elephants: Africa In The 90'S, Prexy Nesbitt
Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches
As the Senior Consultant for the Mozambique Government, Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this address in 1992 at the Africa in the 90's Conference sponsored by the Center for Urban Education at DePaul Univeristy. This address analyzes inaccuracies in the portrayal of Africa as a continent and includes commentary on how international countries, such as the United States, have developed policies related to the continent.
Talk By Prexy Nesbitt To Operation Push, Prexy Nesbitt
Talk By Prexy Nesbitt To Operation Push, Prexy Nesbitt
Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches
Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this speech to Operation PUSH in 1991 saluting the organization from uninviting Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi from speaking at the forum, due to his associations with the apartheid government and its oppression.