The Black American Reaction to Apartheid

1974 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
Winston P. Nagan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Black American ◽  
Opinion Poll ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
American Reaction

This article concerns the problems connected with the Black American reaction to apartheid in South Africa reaction which appears to have been largely ignored by social scientists, opinion poll samplers, opinion leaders, and even the distributors of foundation grants. A discussion such as this one is, perforce, impressionistic. Hopefully, however, it will contribute to the construction of sound hypotheses about the character of the Black American reaction to apartheid.The reader should perhaps be warned that I do not subscribe to the doctrine of intellectual neutrality. The perspectives from which I write are informed by clearly articulated value postulates or preferences.

scholarly journals An inter-disciplinary approach to the energy transition in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain Todd ◽  
Darren McCauley
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Static Approach ◽  
Tackle Climate Change ◽  
Fossil Fuel Industry ◽  
Energy Justice

AbstractThe compelling need to tackle climate change is well-established. It is a challenge which is being faced by all nations. This requires an approach which is truly inter-disciplinary in nature, drawing on the expertise of politicians, social scientists, and technologists. We report how the pace of the energy transition can be influenced significantly by both the operation of societal barriers, and by policy actions aimed at reducing these effects. Using the case study of South Africa, a suite of interviews has been conducted with diverse energy interests, to develop and analyse four key issues pertinent to the energy transition there. We do so primarily through the lens of delivering energy justice to that society. In doing so, we emphasise the need to monitor, model, and modify the dynamic characteristic of the energy transition process and the delivery of energy justice; a static approach which ignores the fluid nature of transition will be insufficient. We conclude that the South African fossil fuel industry is still impeding the development of the country’s renewable resources, and the price of doing so is being met by those living in townships and in rural areas.

Black American Involvement in South Africa's Race Issue

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Clement Tsehloane Keto
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Jim Crow ◽  
The United States ◽  
Double Consciousness ◽  
Black American ◽  
Race Discrimination ◽  
Historical Role ◽  
Firsthand Experience ◽  
Made In

People of African descent in America occupy a singular position in relation to the race problems faced by Blacks in South Africa. Many Afro-Americans have had firsthand experience with the practice of race discrimination either in its blatant Jim Crow manifestations or in its more covert institutional forms. This common experience with race discrimination in South Africa and the United States makes it possible, for example, to correlate W.E.B. Dubois' description of the warring “double consciousness” of the black American made in 1903 with the expressions of frustration written by Albert Luthuli in 1962. This commonality also establishes a basis from which a meaningful assessment can be made regarding the historical role of black Americans in the race issue of South Africa.

The Black American Reaction to Apartheid

1974 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Winston P. Nagan
Keyword(s):  
Black American ◽  
American Reaction

scholarly journals Crisis of decolonising education: Curriculum implementation in Limpopo Province of South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mavhungu E. Musitha ◽  
Mavhungu A. Mafukata
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Education System ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Vhembe District

There is a consensus amongst social scientists and public administration practitioners about the importance of decolonising the education system in Africa and South Africa. Decolonising the education system is viewed as a catalyst to create human capital that will promote economic development to end the scourge of poverty. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) as a tool of decolonising from 2014 to 2016. This is a qualitative and descriptive study based on literature, and key informant interviews (KIIs) were used to gather data. This study has, however, found that implementation of CAPS in Limpopo Province is in a state of crisis. While there are many factors that contribute to this crisis, non-delivery of textbooks to schools remains a crucial factor. Civil society and media have been found to be key in playing oversight role in forcing the state to be accountable by taking it to court to deliver textbooks. However, this study recommends that Vhembe district should be used as a model for the province for effective implementation of CAPS.

Black American Thought and African Political Attitudes in South Africa

1970 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Walshe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Black American ◽  
Indentured Labor ◽  
Dynamic Economy ◽  
American Thought

TheMultiracial society of South Africa is unique and fascinating. In addition to an African majority, it includes the Cape colored community, the Indians originally introduced as indentured labor on the Natal sugar estates, and a large and long-established European minority from within which Afrikaner nationalism has emerged as the predominant political power. These groups have been progressively integrated in a modern and dynamic economy and consequently subjected to the tensions of an industrial revolution.

scholarly journals Islam and Global Dialogue

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-140
Author(s):  
Daoud Rosser-Owen
Keyword(s):  
Opinion Poll ◽  
Holy War ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Media ◽  
The One ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Forms Of Violence ◽  
As If

Edited by Dr Roger Boase with Foreword by HRH Prince Hassan binTalal. Essays by John Bowden, Diana Eck, Muhammad Legenhausen,Francis Robinson, William Dalrymple, Akbar Ahmed, Fred Halliday,Jonathan Sacks, Antony Sullivan, Robert Crane, Khaled Abou El Fadl,Tony Bayfield, Norman Solomon, Marcus Braybrooke, Frank Gelli,Murad Hofmann, Roger Boase, Jeremy Henzell-Thomas, MahmudAyoub, Wendell Berry.SPEAKERSRoger Boase: The question that we are discussing this evening is “What rolecan religion play in promoting peace instead of war and other forms of violence?”This is the one of the main questions that my book Islam and GlobalDialogue seeks to answer.I began the book in October 2001 after participating in a conferenceorganised by the Association of Muslim Social Scientists, entitled “Unityand Diversity: Islam, Muslims, and the Challenge of Pluralism.” Alreadybefore 11 September 2001 Islam was widely portrayed in the media as a belligerentand intolerant religion, incompatible with democracy and civilisedvalues. Half of those who responded to an opinion poll in the United Statesin the year 2000 thought that Islam supported terrorism.There was, and still is, much discussion about holy war, as if war canever be holy! I do not now intend to define jihad. That would take too long ...

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