Origins of Non-Racialism

White Opposition to Apartheid in the 1950s

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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How did South Africa embrace "non-racialism"?After centuries of white domination and decades of increasingly savage repression, freedom came to South Africa far later than elsewhere in the continent - and yet was marked by a commitment to non-racialism. Nelson Mandela's Cabinet and government were made up of women and men of all races, and many spoke of the birth of a new 'Rainbow Nation'. How did this come about? How did an African nationalist liberation movement resisting apartheid - a universally denounced violent expression of white supremacy - open its doors to other races, and whites in particular? And what did non-racialism mean? This is the real 'miracle' of South Africa: that at the height of white supremacy and repression, black and white democrats - in their different organisations, coming from vastly different backgrounds and traditions - agreed on one thing: that the future for South Africa would be non-racial.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-06-01
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt509 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagWits University Press
ISBN9781868145003

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Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Etnicitet inom Samhalle och politik

Whites and the ANC 1945-1950; the emergence of white opposition to apartheid, 1950-1952; multiracialism - communist plot or anti-communist ploy?; From CPSA to SACP via CST: Socialist responses to African Nationalism, 1952-1954; The South African congress of democrats; the liberal party of South Africa; overhauling liberalisml whites and the congress of the people; the freedom charter and the politics of non-racialism, 1956-1960.

This book is a path-breaking study of the emergence of non-racialism, considering a range of strands: some pursing liberal paths, others working for national liberation or communism. It is a painstaking insight into the Congress Movement and the Communist Party, then operating underground, as well as the Liberal Party, drawing on widespread oral and archival material. - Raymond Suttner, UNISA, author of The ANC Underground