The Colonial Situation in Southern Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4253368 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hilda Kuper (0000-0002-8952-0023, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149-164 |
| Publication date | 1964-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00003979 |
| OpenAlex | W2049532295 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article indicates the complexity of the social relations of whites and Africans in Southern Africa and the myths by which they rationalise their behaviour.1 The situation is not identical throughout Southern Africa, but there are, as I will show, certain fundamental similarities which validate an over-all analysis in terms of a 'colonial situation'.2Each of the countries of Southern Africa (the Republic of South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, the three British High Commission territories of Swaziland, Bechuanaland, and Basutoland, and the Portuguese provinces of Mozambique and Angola) represents a distinct political unit, expressing in its constitution the limits of control and participation permitted to groups which are distinguished according to so-called 'racial', 'ethnic', or 'cultural' differences. There has been a major distinction, explicit in some countries, disguised in others, between a dominant white minority and a subordinate African majority, a division corresponding to the 'colonisers' or 'colonials' on the one hand, and the 'colonised' on the other. But now Nyasaland has become independent Zambia, and Northern Rhodesia will achieve independence in October 1964
Archaeology · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Commission · Constitution · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Independence (probability theory · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Portuguese · White (mutation · African history and culture studies · History · Law
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |