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An encounter with the structural and spiritual violence of coloniality: Intersectional understanding of black students’ experiences of exclusion in higher education
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Since the fall of Apartheid, the new mandate of the democratic South African government has
been to provide equal quality education for all and to desegregate the education system. However,
the national government’s ...
“Anything about us, without us, is against us”: An ethnography of the genocide reparations and decolonial movements in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This thesis explores decolonial memory activism and queer activism in Namibia. It
demonstrates how activists have mobilized in intersectional struggles (Becker 2020;
2022) against the structural remnants of colonialism. ...
Assessment of access and use of school library information resources by Luhlaza high school learners
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study seeks to assess the access and use of school library information resources by school
learners and the teachers. The study was conducted at Luhlaza High School using a qualitative
approach and case study design. ...
Revitalization of the Urhobo language across physical and virtual spaces
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
There is increasing interest in finding an effective revitalization system for safeguarding small and endangered languages. Therefore, this study explores the revitalization of Urhobo, an endangered minority language spoken ...
The social semiotics of hair: Re-constructing cape coloured South African female identities- the transition
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Cape Coloured women have been misrepresented and misunderstood for generations as a result of apartheid and the deeply rooted ideologies at play during that time. The Coloured body was subjected to the colonial ideals of ...
The secret life of doors
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
This mini-thesis explores the poetic journey toward the subconscious images of an individual’s
memory. It comprises a collection of 35 authentic poems and a reflective essay that examines the
uncovering during the creative ...
Archaisms of Kinyarwaanda: a sociolinguistic study
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
This is a socio-historical study of the Kinyarwaanda language. On the basis of the method
of internal reconstruction and the method of the Principal Components Analysis (PCA),
the study analyses linguistic variations ...
Digitizing photographic collections with special reference to the University of the Western Cape-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye photographic archive
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)
Under the previous apartheid system in South Africa, the history of black South Africans and the history of South Africa's liberation struggle, were marginalised and ignored. Information dealing with resistance to the ...
Some sociolinguistic aspects of second language teaching and learning of Xhosa
(University of the Western Cape, 1987)
During the period between March 1974 and June 1981, I was
involved in the teaching of Xhosa to non-mother-tongue
speakers at Rhodes University. This experience brought me
face to face with problems for which my training ...
History of southern sotho literature as system, 1930-1960
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)
Distinct from the traditional text analysis whereby little or no attention is paid to
factors controlling the emergence and being of a text and their possible input, and
studying certain recognised authors and recognised ...