Tracing Histories of 'Black' Servants at Zwartkoppies Farm through Narratives

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ID22355352
AuthorsMotsane Getrude Seabela (National Museum, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume2
Issue2
Publication date2021-09-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Decolonising Disciplines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2664-3308 • E-ISSN: 2664-3405
PublisherUniversity of Pretoria - ESI Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.35293/jdd.v2i2.19
OpenAlexW3197062928
LanguageEN
References cited10

The purpose of this study was to trace histories of black individuals who were employed at Zwartkoppies Farm by the Marks family. I refer to them as servants as they spent their lives serving the Markers. Although it is apparent that Sammy Marks had both white and black servants, little is known about the black servants. Here I also deal with the issue of child labour and forced removals and discuss how the colonial and apartheid laws were enablers in violating black people' s human rights. I do so within the context of oral histories provided through interviews with descendants of 'servants' conducted between August 2018 and March 2020. This study is part of a masters research project entitled " Un-Silencing Histories of Black 'Servants'at Zwartkoppies Farm: A Transition from the Sammy Marks House to the Sammy Marks Museum", (2020)

Archaeology · Art · Civil servants · Literature · Narrative · Oral history · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · South African History and Culture

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