To swim with crocodiles : land, violence, and belonging in South Africa, 1800-1996 / Jill E. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Jill E., author.

Series:

African history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political violence--South Africa--History--20th century.

Political violence.

Legitimacy of governments--South Africa.

Legitimacy of governments.

Land tenure--South Africa--Table Mountain (KwaZulu-Natal).

Land tenure.

History.

Table Mountain (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)--Politics and government.

Table Mountain (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa).

South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.

South Africa.

Politics and government.

South Africa--Table Mountain (KwaZulu-Natal).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

liv, 342 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2018]

Summary:

Jill E. Kelly is an Assistant Professor of African History at Southern Methodist University. She has published articles in the Journal of Southern African Studies, African Historical Review, and Gendering Ethnicity in African Women's Lives. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part One. Violence, allegiance, and authority in the making of kingdoms and colony

"Chief by the people": Nomsimekwana Mdluli, security, and authority in the time before tribes

"He said he wants to be registered as a chief": Hereditary chiefs and government tribes, 1843-1905

Part Two. The violence of young men, forced removals, and betterment

"Ngangezwe claims to be an hereditary chief": Organizing authority by wards and war, 1905-1930

"They refuse to go to other chiefs' areas": The Nagle dam and forced removals, 1930-1950

"He said that he wanted the tribe to decide": boundaries and betterment, 1948-1971

"Only the fourth chief": Ethnic politics and land jurisdiction, 1971-1988

Part Three. Civil war in South Africa

"Because my people are in the MDM, I have to be with them": Ethnic and African nationalist politics during civil war, 1983-1990

"They were worried about the way our chief was managing his nation": Land, authority, and belonging, 1990-1996.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611862850

161186285X

OCLC:

990057255