Browsing Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (History) by Author "Dept. of History"
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Enduring suffering: the Cassinga Massacre of Namibian exiles in 1978 and the conflicts between survivors' memories
Shigwedha, Vilho Amukwaya (University of the Western Cape, 2011)During the peak of apartheid, the South African Defence Force (SADF) killed close to a thousand Namibian exiles at Cassinga in southern Angola. This happened on May 4 1978. In recent years, Namibia commemorates this day, ... -
A historical and conceptual analysis of the African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies (APMHS),1997 – 2009.
Morakinyo, Olusegun Nelson (University of the Western Cape, 2011)In 1998 the University of the Western Cape together with the University of Cape Town, and the Robben Island Museum introduced a Post-graduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies. This programme was innovative in that ... -
The individual, auto/biography and history in South Africa
Rassool, Ciraj (University of the Western Cape, 2004)This thesis is a contribution to the field of public history, which the author and others at the University of the Western Cape's History Department have over the last decade pioneered in defining and mapping out in South ... -
Omhedi: displacement and legitimacy in Oukwanyama politics, Namibia, 1915-2010
Shiweda, Napandulwe Tulyovapika (University of the Western Cape, 2011)This is a study of the contest over political and social legitimacy in a former precolonial kingdom, Oukwanyama, in northern Namibia, from 1915 to the present. It tracks the historical shifts in this long time frame through ... -
A space for genocide: local authorities, local population and local histories in Gishamvu and Kibayi (Rwanda)
Mulinda, Charles Kabwete (University of the Western Cape, 2010)This research attempts to answer the following questions: How and why genocide became possible in Gishamvu and Kibayi? In other words, what was the nature of power at different epochs and how was it exercised? How did forms ... -
Theorising women: the intellectual contributions of Charlotte Maxeke to the struggle for liberation in South Africa
April, Thozama (University of the Western Cape, 2012)The study outlines five areas of intervention in the development of women studies and politics on the continent. Firstly, it examines the problematic construction and the inclusion of women in the narratives of the liberation ...