Survival in the 'dumping grounds' : : a social history of apartheid relocation / / by Laura Evans.

• Superior document: African History; volume8
• VerfasserIn: Evans, Laura,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: African History; volume8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 302 pages) :; illustrations, maps.

Survival in the 'Dumping Grounds' examines a defining aspect of South Africa's recent past: the history of apartheid-era relocation. While scholars and activists have long recognised the suffering caused by apartheid removals to the so-called 'homelands', the experiences of those who lived through this process have been more often obscured. Drawing on extensive archival and oral history research, this book examines the makings and the multiple meanings of relocation into two of the most notorious apartheid 'dumping grounds' established in the Ciskei bantustan during the mid-1960s: Sada and Ilinge. Evans examines the local and global dynamics of the project of bantustan relocation and develops a multi-layered analysis of the complex histories - and ramifications- of displacement and resettlement in the Ciskei.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations and Table -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Rethinking Relocation in Apartheid South Africa -- Regimes of Relocation -- Apartheid, the Bantustans and the End of Empire -- Regimes of Relocation in the Ciskei -- Repertoires of Relocation -- Dislocation and Disrupted Livelihoods: Removals, Evictions and Banishments -- Farm Dwellers and Relocation: Gender, Generation and Agrarian Change -- Place, Space and Power -- ‘We Came from Different Places’: Displacement and Place-Making -- Relocation and the State: Relations of Rule -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.