Overview

The latest contribution to The Road to Democracy series deftly analyzes commemorations and memorialisations of the 1976 uprisings in Soweto. Voices of authorities, police, and veterans of the struggle are shared through collective memories, eyewitness accounts, and oral history testimonies. These voices-and the experiences of activists, participants, and observers of the uprisings-provide readers with a palpable and arresting 'truth' more compelling than that of a dispassionate history text. The seventh in the series, this volume postulates that history can change at any given time. While pursuing a fragile balance between partisianship and objectivity, history is open to continuous reassessment and reappraisal, revision, and re-examination, construction and reconstruction. This volume-rooted in primary evidence and archival material rather than in abstract theories-offers readers rare insights from the voices and sometimes piecemeal memories of the students, parents, and authorities who lived through those turbulent and momentous days. (Series: The Road to Democracy Series, Vol. 7) [Subject: Politics, African Studies, Oral History]

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Author:   South African Democracy Education Trust South African Democracy Education Trust
Publisher:   Unisa Press
Imprint:   Unisa Press
Volume:   7
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781868889082

ISBN 10:   1868889084
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   01 July 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Cultural imperialism, language and ideological struggles inside the Soweto classrooms By Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu 1; Chapter 2: The anatomy of the crowd By Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu 41; Chapter 3: The centrality of public and oral history in mapping the Soweto uprising routes By Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu and Ali Khangela Hlongwane; Chapter 4: The 1976 Soweto students' uprising and its aftermath in parts of the Northern Transvaal By Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi; Chapter 5: `Angeke bemhlule umlungu. Umlungu unamandla (They won't defeat the whites. Whites are Powerful)'1: Students protest in Mzinoni township, Bethal, 1972-1977 By Tshepo Moloi; Chapter 6: June 16 1976 Soweto uprisings: A journey into the contested world of commemoration By Ali Khangela Hlongwane; Chapter 7: `Bricks-and-mortar testimonies': The interactive and dialogical features of the memorials and monuments of the June 16 1976 Soweto uprisings By Ali Khangela Hlongwane 195; Chapter 8: History, memory, tourism and curatorial mediations: The Hector Pieterson Museum and the representation of the story of the June 16 1976 Uprisings By Ali Khangela Hlongwane.

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