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Author:
Kelly, Jill E., author.
Title:
To swim with crocodiles : land, violence, and belonging in South Africa, 1800-1996 / Jill E. Kelly.
Publisher:
Michigan State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
liv, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
Political violence--South Africa--History--20th century.
Legitimacy of governments--South Africa.
Land tenure--Table Mountain (KwaZulu-Natal)--Table Mountain (KwaZulu-Natal)
Table Mountain (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)--Politics and government.
South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.
Land tenure.
Legitimacy of governments.
Political violence.
Politics and government.
South Africa.
South Africa--Table Mountain (KwaZulu-Natal)
1900-1999
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part One. Violence, allegiance, and authority in the making of kingdoms and colony -- "Chief by the people": Nomsimekwana Mdluli, security, and authority in the time before tribes -- "He said he wants to be registered as a chief": Hereditary chiefs and government tribes, 1843-1905 -- Part Two. The violence of young men, forced removals, and betterment -- "Ngangezwe claims to be an hereditary chief": Organizing authority by wards and war, 1905-1930 -- "They refuse to go to other chiefs' areas": The Nagle dam and forced removals, 1930-1950 -- "He said that he wanted the tribe to decide": boundaries and betterment, 1948-1971 -- "Only the fourth chief": Ethnic politics and land jurisdiction, 1971-1988 -- Part Three. Civil war in South Africa -- "Because my people are in the MDM, I have to be with them": Ethnic and African nationalist politics during civil war, 1983-1990 -- "They were worried about the way our chief was managing his nation": Land, authority, and belonging, 1990-1996.
Series:
African history and culture
ISBN:
1628963328
9781628963328
1628953322
9781628953329
1609175654
9781609175658
161186285X
9781611862850
OCLC:
(OCoLC)990057255
LCCN:
2017026381
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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