This volume of essays is a reflection on social memory as a force for social and economic transformation.
Written by scholars and organic intellectuals, it focuses on the uses of social memory, in particular the conflict between the legacies of colonialism and the movement for fundamental change. The content addresses both experts and ordinary citizens alike, with a view to advancing discourse on where we are right now, and how we move on from here to achieve meaningful transformation. As scholars and public representatives with a deep understanding of the social, economic and political dynamics of modern history of South Africa, the contributors offer their unique perspectives and reflections on history, politics, economics, culture, education, ethics and the arts, as well as the links that bind these aspects into an ecology of ideas and attitudes.
Edited by:
Muxe Nkondo
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 825g
ISBN: 9781032434445
ISBN 10: 1032434449
Series: Routledge/UNISA Press Series
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 01 February 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS FOREWORD Cyril Ramaphosa FOREWORD Nathi Mthethwa PREFACE MCR Makopo PREFACE Jane Mufamadi INTRODUCTION Muxe Nkondo 1. CONTRADICTIONS IN MEMORIALISING LIBERATION HISTORY Albie Sachs 2. MEMORIALISATION AS A FORCE FOR RADICAL TRANSFORMATION: THE CASE OF FREEDOM PARK IN SOUTH AFRICA 11 Mandla S. Makhanya 3. FREEDOM PARK AS A PLACE OF MEMORY: SYMBOLIC REPARATIONS, INDIGENOUS AFRICAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND RECONCILIATION Jane Mufamadi 4. MEMORY AND SOCIOECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN SOUTH AFRICA Vusi Gumede 5. HOMELAND MANIFESTATIONS—A POSTAPARTHEID DENIGRATION OF SOCIAL COHESION Modimowabarwa Kanyane 6. THE HISTORICAL TRANSFORMATION OF MALE INITIATION POLITICALCULTURAL PRACTICES AND ITS ROLE IN NATION-BUILDING: THE CASE OF THE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE Mthobeli Guma 7. MEMORY, KNOWLEDGE AND FREEDOM: FROM DISMEMBERMENT AND RE-MEMBERING Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni 8. MEMORY FOR PEACE IN WAR: A CASE OF REMEMBERING AND REBUILDING POSTAPARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA 9. MENDING OUR WOUNDED SOULS: TOWARDS THE POSSIBILITY OF HEALING AND SOCIAL COHESION Puleng Segalo 10. RECONCILIATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA: STILL THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE TRC? Tembeka Ngcebetsha-Mooij 11. RISING VIOLENCE: THE CRISIS OF BROKEN INDIVIDUALS William Gumede CHAPTER 12 SOCIAL MEMORY THROUGH POSTHUMOUS REMEMBRANCE Moeketsi Letseka 13. MEMORIALISING THE COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH LEGACY OF THE RIBEIROS Olga Makhubela-Nkondo 14. THE PLACE OF MEMORY IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF DESMOND TUTU Tinyiko Maluleke 15. MEMORIALISING THE UNTOLD STORIES OF WOMEN, FOR TRANSFORMATION Thenjiwe Mtintso 16. ON AND OF MEMORIES: UNDERSTANDING WOMEN’S STORIES, STITCHED PERCEPTIONS AND THE RUPTURE OF VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIVES Thenjiwe Meyiwa 17. MEMORIES OF, AND REFLECTIONS ON, BROADCASTING IN SOUTH AFRICA Marcia Socikwa 18. PRESS FREEDOM 25 YEARS POSTINDEPENDENCE: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN MODEL Lauren Marx 19. UNIVERSITIES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AS FREEDOM AND JUSTICE: THE POLITICS OF EVIDENCE AND DECISION Muxe Nkondo 20. THE CENTRE, THE PERIPHERY AND SELFHOOD: RETHINKING THE ROLE OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES FOR RADICAL TRANSFORMATION Tlhabane Mokhine Motaung 21. MEMORIALISING THE PAN-AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA Molefe Ike Mafole 22. TO SING OR NOT TO SING: THE PROTEST SONG IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY Vuyisile Msila 23. SHARED DREAMS: CREATIVE ART—FROM COLLECTIVE MEMORY TO SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Judy Seidman 24. (SOCIAL) ANCHOR AS OPPOSITE TO TUMBLEWEED: THE NAMING OF ""THINGS"" AS MEMORY AND ANCHOR, REPRESSION AS EROSION AND DISLOCATION Wiseman Magasela 25. MEMORIALISING FREEDOM DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA Tembeka Ngcebetsha-Mooij 26. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ETHICS OF GLOBAL SOLIDARITY IN COVID-19 Muxe Nkondo ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS"
Muxe Nkondo, formerly Andrew Mellon Fellow in English and Visiting Professor at Harvard University, Visiting Scholar at Oxford University, Visiting Professor at Northwestern University, Chicago; one of 500 intellectuals from Africa and the diaspora, invited, in 2004, by the African Union to advise it on policy and related issues. Currently, he is a member of Council of the University of South Africa, and Chairperson of the Rixaka Forum and Collins Chabane Foundation. He has written extensively on the political economy of knowledge, language, culture and fundamental change, with a focus on South Africa.
