The Realignment of Native Life on a Christian Basis
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 180
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Max Yergan
Author: David Henry Anthony, III
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 572
ISBN-13: 0814705332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his long and fascinating life, black activist and intellectual Max Yergan (1892-1975) traveled on more ground—both literally and figuratively—than any of his impressive contemporaries, which included Adam Clayton Powell, Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois, and A. Phillip Randolph. Yergan rose through the ranks of the "colored" work department of the YMCA, and was among the first black YMCA missionaries in South Africa. His exposure to the brutality of colonial white rule in South Africa caused him to veer away from mainstream, liberal civil rights organizations, and, by the mid-1930s, into the orbit of the Communist Party. A mere decade later, Cold War hysteria and intimidation pushed Yergan away from progressive politics and increasingly toward conservatism. In his later years he even became an apologist for apartheid. Drawing on personal interviews and extensive archival research, David H. Anthony has written much more than a biography of this enigmatic leader. In following the winding road of Yergan’s life, Anthony offers a tour through the complex and interrelated political and institutional movements that have shaped the history of the black world from the United States to South Africa.
Umbundu Kinship and Character
Author: Gladwyn Murray Childs
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-08-16
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1351022725
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1949, this book discusses Umbundu social structure and education, with particular reference to how both of these adapted as Angola's contact with Western influences increased in the first half of the twentieth century. Using materials gathered in the field, this volume charts the rapid pace of change which caused social disintegration among the Ovimumbundu, a significant Bantu-speaking group in the Benguela Highland of Angola. Differing approaches to education including assimiliation and adaptation are examined and their merits discussed.
First President
Author: Heather Hughes
Publisher: Jacana Media
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1770098135
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA full biography of the founding president of the African National Council (ANC), this account uncovers the inspirations for John L. Dube's many public achievements. Tracing the history of his forbearers in the Zulu kingdom, this volume chronicles the politician's life from his birth in 1871, and highlights his many achievements, including the founding of the Ohlange School, the key role he played in the Bhambatha Rebellion, and the authorship of the first Zulu novel. As it evaluates Dube's five-year presidency of the ANC, this book shows that in spite of the many conflicts and ambiguities in his position, Dube's central political belief--that Africans should be directly represented in the parliament of the land--remained remarkably constant throughout his long career.
Women of Tropical Africa
Author: Denise Paulme
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1136532978
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is unique in its approach in that each chapter covers women in their everyday lives and the problems, which concern them. Until now, ethnographic research has almost always been carried out with the help of the male population and as a result the picture that has emerged has been largely the image, which the men, and the men alone, have of their society. Originally published in 1963.
Christianity in South Africa
Author: Richard Elphick
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780520209404
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"At a strategic time in South Africa's history, the Christian history which is absolutely basic to all developments, is presented in a comprehensive and objective way. Too little attention is given to the influence of religion in socio-political accounts. This is a creative and much-needed contribution to scholarship and general knowledge. . . . An outstanding work."--Dean S. Gilliland, Fuller Theological Seminary
Kinship & Character of the Ovimbundu
Author: Gladwyn Murray Childs
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 296
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Published: 1931
Total Pages: 584
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes Proceedings of the Executive council and List of members, also section "Review of books".
The Congress Movement: April 1926-1928
Author: Sylvia Neame
Publisher: HSRC Publishers
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 592
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Volume 1 traces the unfolding of the congress movement from 1917 and looks at socialist and other forces that played an integral part in its formation. The 1918\201320 upsurge, which included an African mineworkers' strike, played a key role in this development and laid the basis in the 1920s for a partnership between the Industrial and Commercial Workers\2019 Union and the African National Congress. Volume 2 examines the intricate development of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union and the African National Congress in the second half of the 1920s. Various trends of reformism and radicalism affected these two organisations. This later led to the beginning of the breakup of the ICU with the secession of the Natal contingent, in part under the influence of a narrow ethnic Zulu nationalism. The breakaway also took place in the wake of an important phase in which the ICU leaders had become identified with a peasant uprising on white farms. Volume 3 explores how the ANC emerges and steps into its primary role as a national liberation movement resulting from a complex process stretching from the 1920s to the beginning of the 1960s. A key theme in this context is the integral role of the then Congress Youth League leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo."--Publisher description.
