Decolonization in southern Africa: reflections on the Namibian and South African cases
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Date
2017
Authors
Saunders, Chris
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Publisher
Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State
Abstract
While the term “decolonization” is now applied in many different situations, with different meanings, its original and prime usage relates to the process leading to the ending of colonial rule. Though there is a large literature on that process, we lack a detailed overview of the way it unfolded in Southern Africa. This article focuses on two countries in that region, Namibia and South Africa, and raises some of the questions that need to be addressed in relation to their “decolonization”. It also seeks to show how complex “decolonization” was in these two instances, and the importance of seeing individual cases in a regional and comparative perspective.
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Keywords
Colonialism, Decolonization, Comparative studies, South Africa, Namibia
Citation
Saunders, C. (2017). Decolonization in southern Africa: reflections on the Namibian and South African cases. Journal for Contemporary History, 42(1), 99-114.