International Journal of African Historical Studies, 1997
... The realm of the Word: Language, gender, and Christianity in a Southern African kingdom. Post... more ... The realm of the Word: Language, gender, and Christianity in a Southern African kingdom. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Landau, Paul Stuart. PUBLISHER: Heinemann (Portsmouth, NH and Cape Town and London). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1995. ...
of being undercut by cheaper unorganized workers from the moment of its own successes in the 1930... more of being undercut by cheaper unorganized workers from the moment of its own successes in the 1930s, the whole thrust of the union's politics depended on the powerful personality of Solly Sachs. Charismatic union leaders are not always very successful at rearing up worker-leaders to succeed them. Berger takes note of the fact that the GWU heritage was largely dissipated. White women workers became more conservative and their daughters moved out of factory work. The situation of African workers in a following generation was quite different, for instance having little interest in the cultural activities for which the GWU was noted. Berger has much material on the changing economic situation of women workers. Her account also benefits from her extensive interviews. She was successful in getting an account of the earliest attempts to organize women in the 1920s from Fanny Klenerman, who herself recalled 'Pickaxe Mary' Fitzgerald, pre-World War I labour leader. She presents a composite picture of African garment workers who entered the industry in the 1950s of considerable sociological value. Of women who had known much hardship but appreciated the opportunities of factory labour, only a handful had ever been actively politicized or acquired any liberating consciousness through work. Far more research should still be done, however, on women as workers in other sectors of the economy, especially in the household and on the farm. Moreover, Berger is far too sanguine about the ease with which heroic episodes of the past have been integrated into current trade union practice. Jeremy Baskin's recent Striking Back points to the weaknesses of the COSATU federation in this regard. The GWU and the Food & Canning stories perhaps offer more of a model for the mobilization of women into general struggles than a guide for efforts at empowerment as women. The issues Berger raises will undoubtedly become more significant over time as the South African workforce becomes ever more differentiated and women workers more self-consciously able to struggle for their particular needs. She illustrates well her assertion that the proletarianization of women is a different story than the proletarianization of men. Their effective organization will always have to take account of that, as this clear and wellresearched account indicates.
International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2011
ABSTRACT In Violent Modernity: France in Algeria, Abdelmajid Hannoum examines the advent of polit... more ABSTRACT In Violent Modernity: France in Algeria, Abdelmajid Hannoum examines the advent of political modernity in Algeria and shows how colonial modernity was not only a project imposed by violence but also a violent project in and of itself, involving massive destruction and significant transformation of the population of Algeria. The author analyzes the relation between culture and events and demonstrates how the culture of colonial modernity was generative of violent events, the most notorious and tragic of which were the spectacular mass killings of the 1990s, usually referred to as “the Algerian civil war.” This, the author argues, cannot be explained without an understanding of colonial modernity.
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History, Jan 30, 2020
The Tangier American Legation Museum reflects the evolution of Moroccan–American relations over t... more The Tangier American Legation Museum reflects the evolution of Moroccan–American relations over two centuries. Morocco, the first country to recognize the independence of the United States (1777), became the site of the first overseas American diplomatic mission in 1821 when the sultan gave the US government title to the museum’s current home—8 rue d’Amérique (zankat America)—in the old city of Tangier. The building went on to house the US consulate (1821–1905), legation (1905–1956), a State Department Foreign Service language school (1961–1970), and a Peace Corps training center (1970–1973), before becoming a museum dedicated to displaying art and artifacts about Morocco and Moroccan–American relations (1976). Despite the official story of the origin of the forty-one-room museum, its holdings and activities since the late 20th century derive more from unofficial American relationships with Morocco than from US government policy. The private actions of individual Americans and Moroccans, with some State Department support, led the museum to become in the late 20th century a research and cultural center serving academics and the broad public, including the people in its neighborhood (Beni Ider). In 1981 the US Department of the Interior put the Legation on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 1982 it became the only site outside the United States designated as a National Historic Landmark due to its past diplomatic and military significance, as well as to the building’s blend of Moroccan and Spanish architectural styles.
The entire French city of Oran, Algeria, had to be adapted to the needs of a new population when ... more The entire French city of Oran, Algeria, had to be adapted to the needs of a new population when Algeria won its independence in 1962. A similar problem emerged in the 1990s when the city was flooded by rural refugees fleeing the war between government and Islamist forces. Ten years ago Bel Horizon, a historic preservation movement, was founded in Oran; its objective was not only to preserve Ottoman, Spanish, and French buildings, but also to foster the habits and attitudes of citizenship, especially in young people. Bel Horizon's goals and successes are at once modest and profound. This case study suggests that historic preservation movements do not simply serve the purposes of cultural and political nationalism, as Rem Koolhaas and others have recently argued. Rather, it suggests that associations like Bel Horizon can help people to accept cultural mixture as part of their heritage.
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, May 1, 1977
... Kenya. With characteristic breadth of vision, he predicted that the rising and the HarryThuku... more ... Kenya. With characteristic breadth of vision, he predicted that the rising and the HarryThuku disturbances were the precursors of African nationalism certain to grow from Kenya Colony to the Zambesi during the next generation. ...
Colonial Origins and Racial Order Capitalism and Racial Domination Modernity and Racial Oppressio... more Colonial Origins and Racial Order Capitalism and Racial Domination Modernity and Racial Oppression South African States The Continuing Significance of Class? South African Ethnicities Narratives of Resistance The Dynamics of Transition
International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2002
... 280) and index, 1SBN0521 81721 8 1. South Africa , Politics and government. ... government ap... more ... 280) and index, 1SBN0521 81721 8 1. South Africa , Politics and government. ... government appointed a commission to look into stock theft, violence, and political corruption; there was even talk of calling in the military, a surreal prospect given South Africa's recent history of ...
International Journal of African Historical Studies, 1997
... The realm of the Word: Language, gender, and Christianity in a Southern African kingdom. Post... more ... The realm of the Word: Language, gender, and Christianity in a Southern African kingdom. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Landau, Paul Stuart. PUBLISHER: Heinemann (Portsmouth, NH and Cape Town and London). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1995. ...
of being undercut by cheaper unorganized workers from the moment of its own successes in the 1930... more of being undercut by cheaper unorganized workers from the moment of its own successes in the 1930s, the whole thrust of the union's politics depended on the powerful personality of Solly Sachs. Charismatic union leaders are not always very successful at rearing up worker-leaders to succeed them. Berger takes note of the fact that the GWU heritage was largely dissipated. White women workers became more conservative and their daughters moved out of factory work. The situation of African workers in a following generation was quite different, for instance having little interest in the cultural activities for which the GWU was noted. Berger has much material on the changing economic situation of women workers. Her account also benefits from her extensive interviews. She was successful in getting an account of the earliest attempts to organize women in the 1920s from Fanny Klenerman, who herself recalled 'Pickaxe Mary' Fitzgerald, pre-World War I labour leader. She presents a composite picture of African garment workers who entered the industry in the 1950s of considerable sociological value. Of women who had known much hardship but appreciated the opportunities of factory labour, only a handful had ever been actively politicized or acquired any liberating consciousness through work. Far more research should still be done, however, on women as workers in other sectors of the economy, especially in the household and on the farm. Moreover, Berger is far too sanguine about the ease with which heroic episodes of the past have been integrated into current trade union practice. Jeremy Baskin's recent Striking Back points to the weaknesses of the COSATU federation in this regard. The GWU and the Food & Canning stories perhaps offer more of a model for the mobilization of women into general struggles than a guide for efforts at empowerment as women. The issues Berger raises will undoubtedly become more significant over time as the South African workforce becomes ever more differentiated and women workers more self-consciously able to struggle for their particular needs. She illustrates well her assertion that the proletarianization of women is a different story than the proletarianization of men. Their effective organization will always have to take account of that, as this clear and wellresearched account indicates.
International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2011
ABSTRACT In Violent Modernity: France in Algeria, Abdelmajid Hannoum examines the advent of polit... more ABSTRACT In Violent Modernity: France in Algeria, Abdelmajid Hannoum examines the advent of political modernity in Algeria and shows how colonial modernity was not only a project imposed by violence but also a violent project in and of itself, involving massive destruction and significant transformation of the population of Algeria. The author analyzes the relation between culture and events and demonstrates how the culture of colonial modernity was generative of violent events, the most notorious and tragic of which were the spectacular mass killings of the 1990s, usually referred to as “the Algerian civil war.” This, the author argues, cannot be explained without an understanding of colonial modernity.
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History, Jan 30, 2020
The Tangier American Legation Museum reflects the evolution of Moroccan–American relations over t... more The Tangier American Legation Museum reflects the evolution of Moroccan–American relations over two centuries. Morocco, the first country to recognize the independence of the United States (1777), became the site of the first overseas American diplomatic mission in 1821 when the sultan gave the US government title to the museum’s current home—8 rue d’Amérique (zankat America)—in the old city of Tangier. The building went on to house the US consulate (1821–1905), legation (1905–1956), a State Department Foreign Service language school (1961–1970), and a Peace Corps training center (1970–1973), before becoming a museum dedicated to displaying art and artifacts about Morocco and Moroccan–American relations (1976). Despite the official story of the origin of the forty-one-room museum, its holdings and activities since the late 20th century derive more from unofficial American relationships with Morocco than from US government policy. The private actions of individual Americans and Moroccans, with some State Department support, led the museum to become in the late 20th century a research and cultural center serving academics and the broad public, including the people in its neighborhood (Beni Ider). In 1981 the US Department of the Interior put the Legation on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 1982 it became the only site outside the United States designated as a National Historic Landmark due to its past diplomatic and military significance, as well as to the building’s blend of Moroccan and Spanish architectural styles.
The entire French city of Oran, Algeria, had to be adapted to the needs of a new population when ... more The entire French city of Oran, Algeria, had to be adapted to the needs of a new population when Algeria won its independence in 1962. A similar problem emerged in the 1990s when the city was flooded by rural refugees fleeing the war between government and Islamist forces. Ten years ago Bel Horizon, a historic preservation movement, was founded in Oran; its objective was not only to preserve Ottoman, Spanish, and French buildings, but also to foster the habits and attitudes of citizenship, especially in young people. Bel Horizon's goals and successes are at once modest and profound. This case study suggests that historic preservation movements do not simply serve the purposes of cultural and political nationalism, as Rem Koolhaas and others have recently argued. Rather, it suggests that associations like Bel Horizon can help people to accept cultural mixture as part of their heritage.
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, May 1, 1977
... Kenya. With characteristic breadth of vision, he predicted that the rising and the HarryThuku... more ... Kenya. With characteristic breadth of vision, he predicted that the rising and the HarryThuku disturbances were the precursors of African nationalism certain to grow from Kenya Colony to the Zambesi during the next generation. ...
Colonial Origins and Racial Order Capitalism and Racial Domination Modernity and Racial Oppressio... more Colonial Origins and Racial Order Capitalism and Racial Domination Modernity and Racial Oppression South African States The Continuing Significance of Class? South African Ethnicities Narratives of Resistance The Dynamics of Transition
International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2002
... 280) and index, 1SBN0521 81721 8 1. South Africa , Politics and government. ... government ap... more ... 280) and index, 1SBN0521 81721 8 1. South Africa , Politics and government. ... government appointed a commission to look into stock theft, violence, and political corruption; there was even talk of calling in the military, a surreal prospect given South Africa's recent history of ...
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