Bongani Nyoka
Biographic Data
| ID | 653258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bongani Nyoka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bongani |
| FAMILY NAME | Nyoka |
| SIGNATURE | NYOKA B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rhodes University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8478-8725 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bernard Magubane on the political economy of race and class in South Africa
In his writings, Bernard Magubane theorizes racial capitalism but without necessarily invoking the term. Instead, he frequently refers to “the political economy of race and class” in the South African society. First, Magubane traces the roots of capitalism and racism in South Africa back to European expansionism. Second, he grapples with dispossession during the colonial period and calls it “the fact of conquest”. This period was a significant pr…
Mafeje’s Search for Africanity
Archie Mafeje believes that intellectual liberation is a struggle worth fighting and that it is as legitimate as any other. Accordingly, African intellectuals have to make their mark and cease to be dominated by their Euro-American counterparts. Mafeje believes, too, that knowledge production is not only ideological, but also political. In his early work on epistemological and methodological issues in the social sciences, he allows his scholarshi…
Mafeje on black struggles in South Africa
Archie Mafeje had an unusual ability for socio-political prognosis. This is true both in terms of his theoretical and of his concrete analysis of the South African liberation struggle. Much of what he wrote in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s is still relevant today. Although he had hoped for a socialist democracy, things did not turn out that way. In his work on revolutionary theory and politics, Mafeje set out to understand the path to complete liber…
The Concept of Ethnography in Mafeje
In classical anthropology, the term “ethnography” refers to the scientific description of races. Yet, Archie Mafeje uses the concept of ethnography in what seems to be two ways. On the one hand, ethnography, such as he conceives of it, has socio-cultural connotations. It is his preferred substitute for the nebulous concept of “culture”. On the other hand, by ethnography he seems to refer to the idea of non-disciplinarity. In other words, the conc…
Bernard Magubane’s critique of anthropology in southern Africa
This essay is an attempt to piece together the fundamentals of Bernard Magubane’s critique of anthropology in southern Africa. The point is not to berate the discipline of anthropology, but to discuss Magubane’s work in relation to it. The essay comprises three main parts. First, it examines Magubane’s critique of southern African anthropology in a colonial situation – particularly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Second, it assesses the usefulness…
Archie Mafeje as Revolutionary Sociologist
This article attempts a preliminary discussion of the three clusters of Archie Mafeje’s work. While Mafeje called for ‘non-disciplinarity’, as against ‘interdisciplinarity’ or ‘disciplinarity’, this article makes a case for why he should be read as a revolutionary sociologist. In so doing, the article pieces together some of the key elements of his oeuvre. The article consists of four main parts. The first part provides some background and contex…
Bernard Magubane’s The Making of a Racist State Revisited
The year 2016 not only marks the 20th anniversary of Bernard Magubane’s classic book in historical sociology, The Making of a Racist State: British Imperialism and the Union of South Africa, 1875-1910, but it is also a year in which White South Africans engaged in racial bigotry on social media. A number of commentators, together with South African politicians, have argued that racism in South Africa should be “criminalized.” This review essay ar…
Mafeje on black struggles in South Africa
Archie Mafeje had an unusual ability for socio-political prognosis. This is true both in terms of his theoretical and of his concrete analysis of the South African liberation struggle. Much of what he wrote in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s is still relevant today. Although he had hoped for a socialist democracy, things did not turn out that way. In his work on revolutionary theory and politics, Mafeje set out to understand the path to complete liber…
Bernard Magubane’s critique of anthropology in southern Africa
This essay is an attempt to piece together the fundamentals of Bernard Magubane’s critique of anthropology in southern Africa. The point is not to berate the discipline of anthropology, but to discuss Magubane’s work in relation to it. The essay comprises three main parts. First, it examines Magubane’s critique of southern African anthropology in a colonial situation – particularly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Second, it assesses the usefulness…
Bernard Magubane’s The Making of a Racist State Revisited
The year 2016 not only marks the 20th anniversary of Bernard Magubane’s classic book in historical sociology, The Making of a Racist State: British Imperialism and the Union of South Africa, 1875-1910, but it is also a year in which White South Africans engaged in racial bigotry on social media. A number of commentators, together with South African politicians, have argued that racism in South Africa should be “criminalized.” This review essay ar…
The Concept of Ethnography in Mafeje
In classical anthropology, the term “ethnography” refers to the scientific description of races. Yet, Archie Mafeje uses the concept of ethnography in what seems to be two ways. On the one hand, ethnography, such as he conceives of it, has socio-cultural connotations. It is his preferred substitute for the nebulous concept of “culture”. On the other hand, by ethnography he seems to refer to the idea of non-disciplinarity. In other words, the conc…
Bernard Magubane’s critique of anthropology in southern Africa
This essay is an attempt to piece together the fundamentals of Bernard Magubane’s critique of anthropology in southern Africa. The point is not to berate the discipline of anthropology, but to discuss Magubane’s work in relation to it. The essay comprises three main parts. First, it examines Magubane’s critique of southern African anthropology in a colonial situation – particularly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Second, it assesses the usefulness…
Archie Mafeje as Revolutionary Sociologist
This article attempts a preliminary discussion of the three clusters of Archie Mafeje’s work. While Mafeje called for ‘non-disciplinarity’, as against ‘interdisciplinarity’ or ‘disciplinarity’, this article makes a case for why he should be read as a revolutionary sociologist. In so doing, the article pieces together some of the key elements of his oeuvre. The article consists of four main parts. The first part provides some background and contex…
Mafeje on black struggles in South Africa
Archie Mafeje had an unusual ability for socio-political prognosis. This is true both in terms of his theoretical and of his concrete analysis of the South African liberation struggle. Much of what he wrote in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s is still relevant today. Although he had hoped for a socialist democracy, things did not turn out that way. In his work on revolutionary theory and politics, Mafeje set out to understand the path to complete liber…
Mafeje’s Search for Africanity
Archie Mafeje believes that intellectual liberation is a struggle worth fighting and that it is as legitimate as any other. Accordingly, African intellectuals have to make their mark and cease to be dominated by their Euro-American counterparts. Mafeje believes, too, that knowledge production is not only ideological, but also political. In his early work on epistemological and methodological issues in the social sciences, he allows his scholarshi…
Bernard Magubane on the political economy of race and class in South Africa
In his writings, Bernard Magubane theorizes racial capitalism but without necessarily invoking the term. Instead, he frequently refers to “the political economy of race and class” in the South African society. First, Magubane traces the roots of capitalism and racism in South Africa back to European expansionism. Second, he grapples with dispossession during the colonial period and calls it “the fact of conquest”. This period was a significant pr…
Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · South African History and Culture (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)