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Social and political history of Wollo Province in Ethiopia: 1769-1916
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Wollo, formerly referred to as ―Bete Amhara,‖ refers to a region of Amharic-speaking Christians. It was one of the oldest provinces of Ethiopia; located in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia at the cross- roads of the Red ...
From Volksmoeder to Igqira: Towards an intellectual biography of Dr Vera Bührmann (1910-1998)
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
This biography of Dr Vera Bührmann is an intersectional and interdisciplinary investigation of an unusual Afrikaner woman who occupied several unusual places in South African society. Through rigorous archival research and ...
Zimbabwean Reggae and Dancehall: A History of Generations (1981 to recent times)
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The Zimdancehall phenomenon is a growing subculture in Zimbabwe’s entertainment
industry and as such it is attracting scholarly attention, hence the literature around it is
burgeoning. The aim of this research is to trace ...
Cape-Helena: An exploration of nostalgia and identity through the Cape Town - St. Helena migration nexus
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
For
an
Island
measuring
merely
128
square
kilometers,
and
in
spite
of
its
remote
location
in
the
mid-South
Atlantic,
St.
Helena
“punches
way
above
its
weight
in
history”,
earning
and
occupy ...
Cape-Helena: An exploration of nostalgia and identity through the Cape Town - St. Helena migration nexus
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
In
the
following
two
chapters
I
will
attempt
to
offer
a
more
systemic
account
of
St.
Helena
immigration
to
South
African
between
1838
and
1948.
To
date,
no
such
study
has
been
undertaken,
...
Sonic Afrofuturism: Blackness, electronic music production and visions of the future
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This thesis is an exploration and analysis of the ways in which we might use varying forms of Black thought, theory, and art to think Blackness anew. For this purpose I work with electronic music from Nigeria and Detroit ...
An investigation of the role played by education in the Hutu- Tutsi relations in Rwanda ,1916-1959
(University of Western Cape, 2005)
The Rwandese society is composed of three ethnic groups: Hutus, .Tutsis and Twas who started living together from the 16th century when the kingdom of Rwanda was formed until today.1 From the early 20th century up to ...
Madeirans in Cape Town: Immigration documentation, marriage and settlement, 1900s to the 1970s
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This thesis traces the immigration of Madeirans to Cape Town and their settlement from the 1900s to the 1970s. It focuses on how exclusionary legislation from 1902 affected Madeiran entry, how they managed to circumvent ...
From homestead to roadside to gallery: The social life of late twentieth century and early twenty-first century Zulu ceramics
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
My research considers the vessels of select women ceramists in and from rural KwaZulu-Natal and reflects on the changing contexts in which their work is utilized, consumed and displayed. The emphasis of my research is on ...
Missing-ness, history and apartheid-era disappearances: The figuring of Siphiwo Mthimkulu, Tobekile ‘Topsy’ Madaka and Sizwe Kondile as missing dead persons
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The argument of this dissertation calls for an abiding by missing-ness as it relates to apartheid-era disappearances. I am concerned with the ways in which the category missing is articulated in histories of apartheid-era ...