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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
Chammah J. Kaunda is Academic Dean at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, UK. He is also Professor Extraordinarius at the University of South Africa.Chammah J. Kaunda is Academic Dean at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, UK. He is also Professor Extraordinarius at the University of South Africa.
Summary
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.