History of
South Africa
Prof. Paul
Landau
HIST419E Spec. Top. in Hist.: History of South Africa; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
0101(38623) Landau, P. (FULL: Seats=40)
MW........ 2:00pm- 3:15pm (Note room change: Tydings 1118)
Required
books (paperbacks) avail. at the Univ. Bookstore/Md. Exch:
SOUTH AFRICA:FIRST MAN, LAST NATION, R.N. JOHNSON
15.95 12.00
AFRICAN APOCALYPSE,
EDGAR & SAPIRE
20.00 15.00
LONG WALK TO FREEDOM,
MANDELA
17.95 13.50
KORTBOY, THEMA
19.95 15.00
Other
required readings will be
handed out in class,
or will be made available on line to you before Sept. 12.
There are
two exams, a midterm and a final, in this course. There are three reports at the end of the semester, which
will correspond to three group projects with an audio-visual presentation. There is a weekly requirement to
contribute to the e-mail reflector that will be set up for the class, and
monitored silently by your professor.
The idea is to voice ideas and even hash out differences. One can dream.
Week 1,
Wed. Aug. 30: Syllabi and Overview of course
Week 2 South
African societies, part 1:
Wed., Sept. 6: / Johnson, SOUTH AFRICA, to p. 18
Political
traditions in South Africa's history, part 1
Week 3:
South African societies, part 2/ Johnson, up to p. 29
Monday: Sept. 11: Combatting prolixity:
Political traditions in South Africa's past, part 2
Wed.:
Sept. 13: Slavery and servitude in
Dutch South Africa
Week
4: Borderlands / Johnson, see below
Monday,
Sept. 18: Orange River brigands and freed metis (Griqua)/Johnson, up to p. 45
Wednesday,
Sept. 20: Eastern Cape: the bloodiest wars/ Johnson, up to p. 72
Week 5:
Reform and Rebellion /
Johnson, up to p. 86
Documents: Piet Retief, ÒWe are now quitting,Ó &
Christofel Brand, ÒWhy canÕt we ...Ó
Paragraph contribution to Listserv required and every subsequent week
Monday,
Sept. 25: Boer patriots, trekkers, and opportunists/ Paragraph contribution due
1:00 am
Wednesday,
Sept. 27: Poltical traditions in South Africa's history, part 3: grasslands and the rise of the Zulu; the hijacking of
Zulu tradition
Week 6:
South Africa as a ÒcountryÓ
/ Johnson, up to p. 112
Monday,
Oct. 2: Politics and "greater South Africa"
Paragraph
contribution on listserv due 1:00 am:
Wed, Oct.
4: Contests over land: Document, R. W.
Msimang, ÒSpecific Cases of Evictions and Hardships,Ó ca. 1915, and Document:
ÒLife Story of Ndae Makume,Ó from Tim Keegan, Facing the Storm (3-40).
Week 7:
The South African ÒcityÓ
/ Johnson, to p. 138
Monday,
Oct. 9: Cape Town and District Six
/ Paragraph on listserv by 1:00 am
Wednesday,
Oct. 11: 2. Gold, and Johannesburg
Week 8:
The crises of the interwar years: Read Edgar and Sapire, AFRICAN APOCALYPSE
Paragraph
on listserv by 1:00 am: African Apocalypse
Monday,
Oct. 16th: 1. The end of the world: the ICU, Israelites of Gijima, and the
Samuelite peasants
Wednesday,
Oct. 18th: 2. Retribalizations:
Samuelites, part 2; and the Church of Shembe
Take-home
midterm exam. Two hours, one night.
Week 9:
Apartheid as a
national policy /
Johnson, to p. 138
Monday,
Oct. 23: World War II, Labour, and Urban Apartheid
Documents: Anton Lembede, ÒFallacy of Non-European Unity Movement,Ó
from Bantu World (11
Aug. 1945); and Nelson Mandela, president of the Transvaal ANC, Sept. 21, 1953;
from Carter and Karis, From Protest to Challenge . . . (Vol. 3), pp. 106-115.
Paragraph
on listserv by 1:00 am:
Wednesday,
Oct. 25th: Have You Seen Drum Lately?
Week
10: The Nationalist Resistance: Read Mandela,
LONG WALK, to p. 157
Paragraph
on listserv by 1:00 am: Drum + Documentary evidence
Monday,
Oct. 30: The ANC through Nelson Mandela's eyes
Wed., Nov.
1: History in the Townships: Langa, D. Bobape and F.W. Language
Week
11: Rupture: Read
Mandela, LONG WALK, to 261
Nov.
6 The anthropology and
governance of ÒtribesÓ (homelands)
Nov.
8 The Tsotsis, the PAC, the shooting of civilians at
Sharpeville
Week
12: 1961-1980: Read Mandela,
LONG WALK, to p. 447
Mon. Nov.
13: Cry Beloved Country /
Paragraph
on listserv by 1:00 am on Cry re MandelaÕs comments
Wed. Nov.
15th The Soweto Uprising and the
Black Consciousness Movement
Week
13: Civil War and Criminality: Read Thema, KORT BOY
Paragraph
on listserv by 1:00 am re Kort Boy
Mon. Nov.
20: Inkatha and the United Democratic Front: terror in the streets
Wed. Nov.
22: Criminality /
Week
14: Transformation: 1980-1994 / Johnson, SOUTH AFRICA, to p. 198; Mandela, LONG WALK, to p. 510
/ Paragraph contribution to Listserv required
Mon. Nov.
27: The formation of a just and representative government
Wed., Nov.
29: Two nation-building processes: a. the Constitution; and b. the original
ÒTruth and Reconciliation CommissionÓ
Week
15: South Africa up to today / Mandela, LONG WALK, to p. 625, and
Johnson, SOUTH AFRICA, p. 233 (end)!
Mon. Dec.
4: Report: The Mandela and Mbeki Presidencies and discussion
Wed. Dec.
6: Report: AIDS in South Africa and discussion
Mon. Dec.
11: Report: Witchcraft and politics in South Africa and discussion
Final Exam
