Rural Resistance in South Africa
The Mpondo Revolts after Fifty Years
Thembela Kepe and Lungisile Ntsebeza (editors)
Leiden: Brill, Afrika-Studiecentrum Series; vol. 22, 2011.
ISBN 978-90-04-21446-0
Much has been written about anti-apartheid resistance by the marginalized
people of South Africa, as well as its violent repression by security forces
in urban areas (e.g. Sharpeville massacre; Soweto riots). Very little
attention has been paid to resistance by rural people. The Mpondo Revolts,
which began in the 1950s and reached a climax in 1960, rank among the most
significant rural resistances in South Africa. Here Mpondo villagers
emphatically rejected the introduction of Bantu Authorities and unpopular
rural land use planning that meant loss of land. The volume presents a fresh
understanding of the uprising; as well as its meaning and significance then
and now, particularly relating to land, rural governance, party politics and
the agency of the marginalized.
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