Social Memory as a Force for Social and Economic Transformation

Muxe Nkondo, formerly Andrew Mellon Fellow in English and Visiting Professor at Harvard University, Visiting Scholar at Oxford University, Visiting Professor at Northwestern University, Chicago; one of 500 intellectuals from Africa and the diaspora, invited, in 2004, by the African Union to advise it on policy and related issues. Currently, he is a member of Council of the University of South Africa, and Chairperson of the Rixaka Forum and Collins Chabane Foundation. He has written extensively on the political economy of knowledge, language, culture and fundamental change, with a focus on South Africa.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS FOREWORD Cyril Ramaphosa FOREWORD Nathi Mthethwa PREFACE MCR Makopo PREFACE Jane Mufamadi INTRODUCTION Muxe Nkondo 1. CONTRADICTIONS IN MEMORIALISING LIBERATION HISTORY Albie Sachs2. MEMORIALISATION AS A FORCE FOR RADICAL TRANSFORMATION: THE CASE OF FREEDOM PARK IN SOUTH AFRICA 11Mandla S. Makhanya3. FREEDOM PARK AS A PLACE OF MEMORY: SYMBOLIC REPARATIONS, INDIGENOUS AFRICAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND RECONCILIATIONJane Mufamadi4. MEMORY AND SOCIOECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN SOUTH AFRICAVusi Gumede5. HOMELAND MANIFESTATIONS—A POSTAPARTHEID DENIGRATION OF SOCIAL COHESION Modimowabarwa Kanyane6. THE HISTORICAL TRANSFORMATION OF MALE INITIATION POLITICALCULTURAL PRACTICES AND ITS ROLE IN NATION-BUILDING: THE CASE OF THE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCEMthobeli Guma7. MEMORY, KNOWLEDGE AND FREEDOM: FROM DISMEMBERMENT AND RE-MEMBERINGSabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni8. MEMORY FOR PEACE IN WAR: A CASE OF REMEMBERING AND REBUILDING POSTAPARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA9. MENDING OUR WOUNDED SOULS: TOWARDS THE POSSIBILITY OF HEALING AND SOCIAL COHESIONPuleng Segalo10. RECONCILIATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA: STILL THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE TRC?Tembeka Ngcebetsha-Mooij11. RISING VIOLENCE: THE CRISIS OF BROKEN INDIVIDUALS William GumedeCHAPTER 12 SOCIAL MEMORY THROUGH POSTHUMOUS REMEMBRANCE Moeketsi Letseka13. MEMORIALISING THE COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH LEGACY OF THE RIBEIROSOlga Makhubela-Nkondo14. THE PLACE OF MEMORY IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF DESMOND TUTUTinyiko Maluleke15. MEMORIALISING THE UNTOLD STORIES OF WOMEN, FOR TRANSFORMATIONThenjiwe Mtintso16. ON AND OF MEMORIES: UNDERSTANDING WOMEN’S STORIES, STITCHED PERCEPTIONS AND THE RUPTURE OF VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIVESThenjiwe Meyiwa17. MEMORIES OF, AND REFLECTIONS ON, BROADCASTING IN SOUTH AFRICAMarcia Socikwa18. PRESS FREEDOM 25 YEARS POSTINDEPENDENCE: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN MODELLauren Marx19. UNIVERSITIES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AS FREEDOM AND JUSTICE: THE POLITICS OF EVIDENCE AND DECISIONMuxe Nkondo20. THE CENTRE, THE PERIPHERY AND SELFHOOD: RETHINKING THE ROLE OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES FOR RADICAL TRANSFORMATIONTlhabane Mokhine Motaung21. MEMORIALISING THE PAN-AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIAMolefe Ike Mafole22. TO SING OR NOT TO SING: THE PROTEST SONG IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY Vuyisile Msila23. SHARED DREAMS: CREATIVE ART—FROM COLLECTIVE MEMORY TO SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONJudy Seidman24. (SOCIAL) ANCHOR AS OPPOSITE TO TUMBLEWEED: THE NAMING OF "THINGS" AS MEMORY AND ANCHOR, REPRESSION AS EROSION AND DISLOCATIONWiseman Magasela25. MEMORIALISING FREEDOM DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA Tembeka Ngcebetsha-Mooij26. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ETHICS OF GLOBAL SOLIDARITY IN COVID-19Muxe NkondoABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS