Who Is an African?

Race, Identity, and Destiny in Post-apartheid South Africa

Roderick R. Hewitt, Chammah J. Kaunda (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2018
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
9781978700543 (ISBN)

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This book is an in-depth conversation and study about issues of African identity in South Africa. It aims to inform policy development and change in the role of race and ethnic identity within the "rainbow" configuration of nation building.

The subject of race and identity is a burning issue which continues to occupy the attention not only of South Africans but also the wider residents of the continent of Africa and those who are Africans in the Diaspora. The outburst of xenophobic attacks against foreigners mostly of Black African origins in some communities of Kwa-Zulu Natal and areas of Johannesburg during 2008 and 2015 has raised questions about the social cohesion of South African society linked to unresolved structural identity issues bequeathed by the nation’s past colonial and apartheid legacy. This publication argues that there is an embedded schizophrenic identity crisis within the society that requires scholarly interrogation. The chapters assemble scholarly voices from different ethnic groups that examine the central research question of this study: Who is an African? Within the wider Southern African context, identity and ethnicity politics are framing nationalist economic policies and are impacting on social cohesion within many countries. Writing from different social and racial locations the authors have critically engaged with the central question and offer some important insights that can serve as a resource for all nations grappling with issues of race, ethnicity, identity constructed politics, and social cohesion.

Roderick R. Hewitt is academic leader for research and higher degrees in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Chammah J. Kaunda is Africa Research Fellow, Senior Research Specialist in Human Development Science of the Human Sciences Research Council (HDS-HSRC), and honorary lecturer in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Foreword: Marshall W. Murphree
Foreword: Nobuhle Hlongwa
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction: Who is an African?
Roderick R. Hewitt
Chammah J. Kaunda

PART I: RACISM, XENOPHOBIA AND CULTURAL IDENTITY

The Changing Salience of Race: Discrimination and Diversity in South Africa
Jeremy Seekings, University of Cape Town

Cracking the Skull of Racism in South Africa Post-1994
Vuyani S. Vellem, University of Pretoria

Black Solidarity Impaled: The Cause of Afrophobia
Bernard Matolino, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Race, Place and Indian Identities in Contemporary South Africa
Goolam Vahed, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Ashwin Desai, University of Johannesburg

Liberating Identifications: Being Black Conscious, Being Non-Racial, Being African
Nico Botha, University of South Africa

Umuntu Akalahlwa: An Exploration of an African Ethics
Sibusiso Masondo, University of KwaZulu-Natal

PART II: GENDER, SEXUALITY AND SOCIAL COHESION

“I am Born of a People Who Would Not Tolerat

Erscheinungsdatum	21.09.2018
Co-Autor	Nico Botha
Vorwort	Marshall W. Murphree, Nobuhle Hlongwa
Zusatzinfo	3 b/w illustrations; 2 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 231 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781978700543 / 9781978700543
Zustand	Neuware