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dc.contributor.advisor More, M. P.
dc.contributor.author Vuma, Sethuthuthu Lucky
dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-26T12:16:46Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-26T12:16:46Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2417
dc.description Thesis (M.A. (History)) --University of Limpopo, 2018 en_US
dc.description.abstract Student activism is a global phenomenon which mostly refers to work by students to cause political, environmental, economic, or social change. Most countries have benefited tremendously from student activism. For example, the students have played a central role in the independence and anti-colonial struggles in most African countries. The dissertation focuses on an exploration of the role played by University of the North student activism in the struggle against apartheid from 1968 to 1994. This was a period which was characterised by an upsurge of the nationalist struggle in South Africa led by political organisations such as the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Azanian People’s Organization (AZAPO) the South African Communist Party (SACP) and United Democratic Front (UDF). Student organisations such as South African Student Organisation (SASO), University Christian Movement (UCM), South African National Students’ Congress (SANSCO), Azanian Student Organisation (AZASO) and many others played a significant role. The dissertation deployed both primary and secondary sources. Secondary data was derived from published and unpublished dissertations, journal articles, newsletters, books and autobiographies. Primary information was obtained through archival materials, official university documents, speeches and, unstructured and interactive interviews in order to provide evidence for the nature and character of student activism in the university. Periodisation theory as articulated by Hollander, Rassuli, Jones and Farlow (2005) was utilised to interpret and illuminate the political struggle activities of the student activists. This theory was the most appropriate frame to tackle student activism because it divides the chronological narrative into separately labelled sequential time periods with distinct beginning and ending points. The investigation reveals that the dominant ideology at the beginning of the period under investigation was Black Consciousness inspired by Steve Biko. However with the lapse of time this ideology was watered down by the liberal ideology which underpinned the Freedom Charter. The student activists operated within organisations such as SASO, UCM, AZASO, SANSCO and many others. The dissertation also reveals that while the students were relatively successful in mobilising the support of rural schools and communities, they also faced vicious repression by the apartheid security establishment. The dissertation lays a solid foundation for further critical historical investigation. en_US
dc.format.extent v, 119 [1] leaves en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.requires PDF en_US
dc.subject University of Limpopo en_US
dc.subject Student activism en_US
dc.subject Struggle against apartheid en_US
dc.subject.lcsh South African Universities students - Political activity en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Student movements en_US
dc.title The role played by the University of the North student activism in the struggle against apartheid from 1968 to 1994 en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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