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Cannot Afford To Publicly Surrender: The Public's Influence On Ronald Reagan's Strategic Relationship With South Africa, Jessica P. Forsee

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Reagan’s administration used the policy of constructive engagement to bring gradual reform to the apartheid system and build peace in the southern African region. The coordination of anti-apartheid activist organizations and members advocating for harsher economic pressure on South Africa successfully raised US public awareness and shifted public opinion against constructive engagement’s gradualist policies. As a result, leading Reagan staffers like Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker recalibrated constructive engagement’s focus to quicken regional peacebuilding maintain stability and control of US foreign policy in the public eye. This thesis analyzes the early influences on constructive engagement and …

Kofifi/Covfefe: How The Costumes Of "Sophiatown" Bring 1950s South Africa To Western Massachusetts In 2020, Emma Hollows

Masters Theses

This thesis paper reflects upon the costume design process taken by Emma Hollows to produce a realist production of the Junction Avenue Theatre Company’s musical Sophiatown at the Augusta Savage Gallery at the University of Massachusetts in May 2020. Sophiatown follows a household forcibly removed from their homes by the Native Resettlement Act of 1954 amid apartheid in South Africa. The paper discusses her attempts as a costume designer to strike a balance between replicating history and making artistic changes for theatre, while always striving to create believable characters.

Genocide Masquerading: The Politics Of The Sharpeville Massacre And Soweto Uprising, Jessica P. Forsee

Honors College Theses

Apartheid South Africa represented a paradox as a US ally and human rights pariah. “Genocide Masquerading” uncovers the implications of US foreign policy on the rise and decline of apartheid, looking specifically at the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and the 1976 Soweto Uprising. By comparing Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Ford, and Carter foreign policy responses, this thesis creates a comparative analysis of how effective, or ineffective, the United States was during pivotal moments in apartheid history. This thesis will not only expand on the developing South African literature but add to the conversation of international aid, diplomacy practices, and North-South relationships.

South African Marriage In Policy And Practice: A Dynamic Story, Michael W. Yarbrough

Publications and Research

Law forms one of the major structural contexts within which family lives play out, yet the precise dynamics connecting these two foundational institutions are still poorly understood. This article attempts to help bridge this gap by applying sociolegal concepts to empirical findings about state law's role in family, and especially in marriage, drawn from across several decades and disciplines of South Africanist scholarly research. I sketch the broad outlines of a nuanced theoretical approach for analysing the law-family relationship, which insists that the relationship entails a contingent and dynamic interplay between relatively powerful regulating institutions and relatively powerless regulated populations. …

Reflections On The Rescinded Oliver R. Tambo Award To Guyana's Forbes Burnham, Patricia Rodney, Asha T. Rodney, Jesse Benjamin, Aajay Murphy

Groundings

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Interview With Anne Evens, Beth Thenhaus

Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement

Length: 84 minutes

Oral history interview of Anne Evens by Beth Thenhaus

Ms. Evens begins by recalling her childhood memories, growing up in Evanston with two academic parents. She began her work in activism during high school, demonstrating for stricter gun control laws and against racism. She explains how she first learned about Apartheid South Africa as she learned about the struggle of Palestinian people in Israel and the economic ties between the two countries. She explains how she became involved in anti-Apartheid efforts on her first day of college when she was introduced to the South African Divestment Coalition, …

South Africa In Transition: The Influence Of The Political Personalities Of Nelson Mandela And F.W. De Klerk, Aubrey Immelman

Psychology Faculty Publications

The purpose of this paper is to examine salient factors accounting for South Africa’s relatively peaceful transition from apartheid state to nonracial democracy, focusing on the political personalities of South African leaders P.W. Botha, F.W. de Klerk, and Nelson Mandela. Following a brief overview of situational variables, the paper describes the political personalities of Mandela and De Klerk as assessed by the Millon-Type Political Personality Checklist (MPPC). The study shows that one cannot fully account for political developments in South Africa’s transition without considering (a) the interaction between situational variables and the political personalities of Nelson Mandela and F.W. de …

United Nations Press Release No.10/94, Permanent Mission Of South Africa To The United Nations

1994 South Africa General Election

A press release from the Permanent Mission of south Africa to the United Nations summarizing the winners of the 1994 South Africa General Election.

United Nations Press Release No.08/94, Permanent Mission Of South Africa To The United Nations

1994 South Africa General Election

A press release from the Permanent Mission of south Africa to the United Nations announcing the election results of the 1994 South Africa General Election.

Observing The New South Africa, Orlando Redekopp

1994 South Africa General Election

Orlando Redekopp was an international observer of the 1994 South Africa General Election through the Ecumenical Monitoring Programme in South Africa (EMPSA). Authored by Redekopp, this narrative provides a brief memoir of his time in South Africa monitoring the elections.

Reflections On Elections In South Africa, Orlando Redekopp

1994 South Africa General Election

Orlando Redekopp was an international observer of the 1994 South Africa General Election through the Ecumenical Monitoring Programme in South Africa (EMPSA). Authored by Redekopp, this narrative outlines his analysis of five reflections about the elections and the role of the church and Christians.

South African Elections Manual For International Observers, Independent Electoral Commission

1994 South Africa General Election

A manual produced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for election observers of the 1994 South Africa General Election.

Empsa Daily Reports Of The Town Howick In The Natal Region, Howick Team, Ecumenical Monitoring Programme In South Africa

1994 South Africa General Election

A draft of a report by the Ecumenical Monitoring Programme in South Africa (EMPSA) election monitors (Orlando Redekopp, Ursula Schmidt, Hendrikje Schievink, and Maina Murage) for the 1994 South Africa General Election of the town of Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa from April 14 through April 21, 1994.

The Sacbc Democracy Charts: A Brief Introduction To The New Constitution, Justice And Peac Commission, Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference

1994 South Africa General Election

A booklet created by the South African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) to educate voters of the 1994 South Africa General Election about the new system of government and the new Constitution.

Voter Education Manual, Voter Education And Elections Training Unit, Legal Education Action Project

1994 South Africa General Election

A manual created by the Voter Education and Elections Training Unit (VEETU) and Legal Education Action Project (LEAP) to help educate new voters about the voting process for the 1994 South Africa General Election.

Empsa Guidelines And Principles For Monitoring In South Africa, Ecumenical Monitoring Programme In South Africa

1994 South Africa General Election

Guidelines generated by the Ecumenical Monitoring Programme in South Africa (EMPSA) for official EMPSA election monitors of the 1994 South Africa General Election.

Empsa Rules, Ecumenical Monitoring Programme In South Africa

1994 South Africa General Election

Rules generated by the Ecumenical Monitoring Programme in South Africa (EMPSA) for official EMPSA election monitors of the 1994 South Africa General Election.

The Hour For Democracy Songbook, Institute For Contextual Theology

1994 South Africa General Election

A song booklet created by the Institute for Contextual Theology (ICT) to promote democracy and prepare South Africans for the 1994 general election.

Independent Electoral Commission Code Of Conduct For Observers, Independent Electoral Commission

1994 South Africa General Election

The Independent Electoral Commission’s Code of Conduct for South African election observers for the 1994 South Africa General Election.

Texts Of Addresses At Opening Session For The North American Regional Conference For Action Against Apartheid, United Nations Centre Against Apartheid

United Nations Centre Against Apartheid

A transcript of the addresses for the opening sessions of the North American Regional Conference for Action Against Apartheid including those authored by Major-General J. N. Garba, Chairman of United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Edward M. Kennedy, Shridath J. Ramphal, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Daniel m. Lisulo, Chairman of the Legal and Political Committee of the Central Committee of the United National Independence Party of Zambia and Representative of the President of Zambia, Group Captain Emeka Omerua, Minister of Social Development, Youth, Information, Sports and Culture of Nigeria, Reverend Jesse L. …

Time For Sanctions Against Apartheid South Africa Is Now: Statements By H. E. Alhaji Yusuff Maitama-Sule (Nigeria), Chairman Of The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, H. E. Alhaji Yusuff Maitama-Sule, United Nations Centre Against Apartheid

United Nations Centre Against Apartheid

H. E. Alhaji Yusuff Maitama-Sule, or Yusuf Maitama Sule, was a Nigerian politician from the 1950s through the 1980s. This document, published by the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, collates his various statements between September 1981 and July 1982 on apartheid rule in South Africa.