Title: One hundred years of the ANC : debating liberation histories today /
Authors: Lissoni, Arianna; Lissoni, Arianna,; Soske, Jon, 1977-; Erlank, Natasha; Nieftagodien, Noor; Badsha, Omar
Year: 2012
Subjects: African National Congress Congresses.; African National Congress History Congresses.; African National Congress (Afrique du Sud) Actes de congrès.; African National Congress; Black people South Africa Politics and government Congresses.; Government, Resistance to South Africa History Congresses.; Noirs Afrique du Sud Actes de congrès.; Résistance politique Afrique du Sud Actes de congrès.; Blacks Politics and government; Government, Resistance to; Political science; South Africa Politics and government Congresses.; Afrique du Sud Politique et gouvernement Actes de congrès.; South Africa
Abstract: "On 8 January 2012 the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, the oldest African nationalist organisation on the continent, celebrated its one hundredth anniversary. This historic event has generated significant public debate within both the ANC and South African society at large. There is no better time to critically reflect on the ANC{u2019}s historical trajectory and struggle against colonialism and apartheid than in its centennial year. One Hundred Years of the ANC is a collection of new work by renowned South African and international scholars. Covering a broad chronological and geographical spectrum and using a diverse range of sources, the contributors build upon but also extend the historiography of the ANC by tapping into marginal spaces in ANC history. By moving away from the celebratory mode that has characterised much of the contemporary discussions on the centenary, the contributors suggest that the relationship between the histories of earlier struggles and the present needs to be rethought in more complex terms. Collectively, the book chapters challenge hegemonic narratives that have become an established part of South Africa{u2019}s national discourse since 1994. By opening up debate around controversial or obscured aspects of the ANC{u2019}s century-long history, One hundred years of the ANC sets out an agenda for future research"--Publisher's website.
Contents: Fragmentation and cohesion in the ANC : the first 70 years -- A continuing search for identity : carrying the burden of history -- One hundred years of the ANC : debating struggle history after apartheid -- Religion and resistance in Natal, 1900-1910 -- Christianity and African Nationalism in South Africa in the first half of the twentieth century -- Charlotte Maxeke : a celebrated and neglected figure in history -- Imagining the patriotic worker : the idea of 'decent work' in the ANC's political discourse -- Popular movements, contentious spaces and the ANC, 1943-1956 -- Unravelling the 1947 'Doctors' Pact' : race, metonymy and the evasions of nationalist history -- The politics of language and Chief Albert Luthuli's funeral, 30 July 1967 -- Robben Island University revisited -- Shishita : a crisis in the ANC in Zambia, 1980-1981 -- Comrade Mzwai -- Revisiting Sekhukhuneland : trajectories of former UDF activists in post-apartheid South Africa -- Regeneration of ANC political power, from the 1994 electoral victory to the 2012 centenary -- The ANC : party vanguard of the Black middle class? -- Globalisation, recolonisation and the paradox of liberation in Southern Africa.