Leslie Anne Hadfield

Biographic Data

ID238430
NAMELeslie Anne Hadfield
GIVEN NAMESLeslie Anne
FAMILY NAMEHadfield
SIGNATUREHADFIELD L A
AFFILIATIONSBrigham Young University
ORCID0000-0002-3565-6910
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Dialoguing with Retired Nurses

    Open AccessLeslie Anne HadfieldARTICLEAfrican Studies Review2023References: 25

    The African Studies community has reinvigorated discussions about the racial and power dynamics of the field in the past few years. A core question has been how to Africanize knowledge production. Hadfield's practical example as a white American historian involving Black South African oral history interview participants in different stages of the research process shows that successfully including interview participants in the interpretation stage…

  • Book Forum

    Natasha Erlank, Natalie L Kimball et al.ARTICLESouth African Historical Journal2022

  • A history of Black Consciousness and progressive politics in apartheid South Africa

    Leslie Anne HadfieldARTICLEJournal of Southern African Studies2021

  • Historical Change in Porter Work on Kilimanjaro

    Open AccessLeslie Anne HadfieldCHAPTERProtected Areas in Northern…2020

  • Anne Heffernan. Limpopo’s Legacy

    Open AccessLeslie Anne HadfieldARTICLEThe American Historical Review2020

    Inspired by the momentous actions of students involved in the Black Consciousness movement at the University of the North at Turfloop and works by other historians, Anne Heffernan tackles the long history of student and youth politics from the late 1960s in South Africa’s Limpopo Province. In Limpopo’s Legacy: Student Politics & Democracy in South Africa, she primarily follows political events at Turfloop, although as the narrative goes beyond th…

  • The Soweto uprising, by Noor Nieftagodien and The ANC Women’s League, by Shireen Hassim

    Leslie Anne HadfieldARTICLESafundi2017

    "The Soweto uprising, by Noor Nieftagodien and The ANC Women’s League, by Shireen Hassim." Safundi, 18(1), pp. 98–99

  • Can We Believe the Stories about Biko? Oral Sources, Meaning, and Emotion in South African Struggle History

    Leslie Anne HadfieldARTICLEHistory in Africa2015References: 2

    This article explores the use of oral sources in constructing South Africa’s Black Consciousness movement history, including the difficulties in dealing with oral histories dominated by the figure of Steve Biko. It argues that despite its limitations, historians can use oral history to effectively pursue both the actual past and the contemporary meaning of oral history in a balanced way. It further argues that in doing so, historians should respe…

  • Challenging the Status Quo

    Open AccessLeslie Anne Hadfield, Leslie HadfieldARTICLEThe Journal of African History2013Cited by: 1References: 27

    Young activists who took part in South Africa's Black Consciousness movement challenged the apartheid status quo with their bold calls for black psychological liberation. This article uses new evidence to elucidate the work these youthful activists did in health and economic projects in the rural Eastern Cape that, in part, upheld certain customs. The article also brings young professional women into the history of African youth, arguing that the…

  • Biko, Black Consciousness, and ‘the System’ eZinyoka

    Leslie Anne Hadfield, Leslie HadfieldARTICLESouth African Historical Journal2010Cited by: 4References: 5

    Part of a larger research project on the community development programmes of the Black Consciousness movement (1969–1977), this article focuses on the relationship between the Zanempilo Community Health Centre and the people of Zinyoka, the village where Zanempilo operated. The article begins with an overview of community work within the Black Consciousness movement and the formation of the Black Community Programmes (BCP) organisation. It then f…