Browsing by Author "Dept. of History"
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Saul Januarie: Biography of a wagon-maker and blacksmith from Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa
Esau, Cecyl (University of the Western Cape, 2007)Saul Januarie was born in Worcester in 1903. He spent his childhood years in the town of Touwsriver and then returned to Worcester as an adult where he married and spent the remainder of his life. He became well-known as ... -
Social history, public history and the politics of memory in re-making 'Ndabeni'' pasts
Sambumbu, Sipokazi (University of the Western Cape, 2010) -
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 ... -
Then and Now: Activism in Manenberg, 1980 to 2010
Jacobs, Julian A (University of the Western Cape, 2010)The study analysed the politics of resistance in Manenberg placing it within the over arching mass defiance campaign in Greater Cape Town at the time and comparing the strategies used to mobilize residents in Manenberg in ... -
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 ...