Becoming African
Debating post-apartheid white South African identities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6030634 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sally Matthews (0000-0002-7635-3908, Rhodes University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1472-5843 • E-ISSN: 1472-5851 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14725843.2011.530440 |
| OpenAlex | W2163887889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 20 |
The post-apartheid era necessitates the rethinking of white identities in South Africa. One way in which some white South Africans are seeking to redefine themselves is through describing themselves as African. However, claims by white South Africans that they too are Africans have been met with mixed responses from black South Africans. In this article I use contributions to an online university students' forum to explore ways in which some white South Africans are embracing an African identity and to consider ways in which some black South Africans are responding to white South Africans' shifting identities. I use contributions to this forum as a starting point to think about the possibilities and limitations that the embracing of an African identity has for the development of what Frankenberg calls ‘anti-racist forms of whiteness’ among white South Africans
Aesthetics · Art · Black african · Ethnology · Political science · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · South African History and Culture
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Belonging in Thuis and 7de Laan
Decolonising while white
Links between the ornamental sector and alien plants in Southern Africa
Be a Mighty Hard Message”
Language, Africanisation, and Identity Politics at a South African University
New South Africa Speak
Reconfiguring race in the online interactions of South African undergraduates
Reflections on Teaching Africa in South Africa
Confronting the Colonial Library
Whiteness just isn't what it used to be
Playing in the dark
Blanc de blanc
The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness
Whiteness
White Women, Race Matters
Melissa Steyn, "Whiteness just Isn't What It Used to Be". White Identity in a Changing South Africa
Make Indigenes Unconscious of Whiteness
Tactical Reversal or Re-centring Whiteness? A Response to Green, Sonn, and Matsebula
As the Postcolonial Moment Deepens
Locating Traitorous Identities
Playfulness, “World”-Travelling, and Loving Perception
From Afrikaner to African
Iph' Indlela? Finding our way into the future' - the first Steve Biko memorial lecture
Five Afrikaner Texts and the Rehabilitation of Whiteness
Citizen and Subject
Subjectivities of Whiteness
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |