Origins of Non-Racialism

White Opposition to Apartheid in the 1950s

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

How did South Africa embrace "non-racialism"?After centuries of white domination and decades of increasingly savage repression, freedom came to South Africa far later than elsewhere in the continent - and yet was marked by a commitment to non-racialism. Nelson Mandela's Cabinet and government were made up of women and men of all races, and many spoke of the birth of a new 'Rainbow Nation'. How did this come about? How did an African nationalist liberation movement resisting apartheid - a universally denounced violent expression of white supremacy - open its doors to other races, and whites in particular? And what did non-racialism mean? This is the real 'miracle' of South Africa: that at the height of white supremacy and repression, black and white democrats - in their different organisations, coming from vastly different backgrounds and traditions - agreed on one thing: that the future for South Africa would be non-racial.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-06-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:509 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Wits University Press
ISBN:9781868145003

Utforska kategorier

Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

David Everatt is the Head of the Wits School of Governance at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

Recensioner i media

This book is a path-breaking study of the emergence of non-racialism, considering a range of strands: some pursing liberal paths, others working for national liberation or communism. It is a painstaking insight into the Congress Movement and the Communist Party, then operating underground, as well as the Liberal Party, drawing on widespread oral and archival material. - Raymond Suttner, UNISA, author of The ANC Underground

Innehållsförteckning

Whites and the ANC 1945-1950; the emergence of white opposition to apartheid, 1950-1952; multiracialism - communist plot or anti-communist ploy?; From CPSA to SACP via CST: Socialist responses to African Nationalism, 1952-1954; The South African congress of democrats; the liberal party of South Africa; overhauling liberalisml whites and the congress of the people; the freedom charter and the politics of non-racialism, 1956-1960.

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