| Rural Resistance in South Africa: The Mpondo Revolts After Fifty Years Contributor(s): Kepe, Thembela (Editor), Ntsebeza, Lungisile (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004214461 ISBN-13: 9789004214460 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $62.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 968.058 |
| LCCN: 2011034524 |
| Series: Afrika-Studiecentrum |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (0.95 lbs) 292 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Much has been written about anti-apartheid resistance by the marginalized people of South Africa, as well as its violent repression by security forces in urban areas (e.g. Sharpeville massacre; Soweto riots). Very little attention has been paid to resistance by rural people. The Mpondo Revolts, which began in the 1950s and reached a climax in 1960, rank among the most significant rural resistances in South Africa. Here Mpondo villagers emphatically rejected the introduction of Bantu Authorities and unpopular rural land use planning that meant loss of land. The volume presents a fresh understanding of the uprising; as well as its meaning and significance then and now, particularly relating to land, rural governance, party politics and the agency of the marginalized. |
