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Frantz Fanon and critique of the post-apartheid South Africa in relation to socio-economic development

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dc.contributor.advisor Gumede, Vusi
dc.contributor.advisor Sithole, Tendayi
dc.contributor.author Ndhlovu, Maanda Luxious
dc.date.accessioned 2020-11-16T20:58:13Z
dc.date.available 2020-11-16T20:58:13Z
dc.date.issued 2017-05
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26871
dc.description.abstract This study introduces the Fanonian thought on race and racism, rhetoric of modernity, and new humanism as three constitutive thematic areas in order to enable a new understanding of the South African situation. These thematic areas are examined with specific reference to socio-economic development within the limited context of post-apartheid South Africa. This is done by reading Fanon’s text in the context of South Africa to provide the background against which the unfolding of the post-apartheid era and its political discourses may be analysed. In essence, this study is based on Fanon’s predictions that he made in the text written more than 50 years ago about the future of post-colonial states. Therefore, this study argues that Fanon’s thought has proven to be more prophetic with regard to post-apartheid South Africa and its political reforms which left the fundamental question of structures such as land, economy, and labour unaddressed. What happened on 27 April 1994 is not genuine liberation, but a mere transition from apartheid to democratic dispensation that left the status quo in spatial arrangements uninterrupted. Indeed, it was an elite pact between the African National Congress and white monopoly capital, which betrayed the national liberation movement and the black majority. The contention is that South Africa celebrated the cosmetic reforms that attributed the term liberation incomplete in the absence of fundamental and structural changes. What is therefore recommended is that for there to be success, there must be genuine liberation that is consistent with the needs of society. This means bringing to an end the racially marked structures and reimagining the black condition, through jobs, education, social and economic programmes aimed at empowering the black majority to depend on themselves as opposed to relying on the State. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (vii, 144 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Fanon
dc.subject Race and racism en
dc.subject Modernity en
dc.subject New humanism en
dc.subject Black condition en
dc.subject Liberation en
dc.subject.ddc 338.47677
dc.subject.lcsh Textile industry -- Environmental aspects en
dc.subject.lcsh Clothing trade -- Environmental aspects en
dc.subject.lcsh Textile industry -- Waste disposal en
dc.subject.lcsh Fanon, Frantz,1925-1961
dc.title Frantz Fanon and critique of the post-apartheid South Africa in relation to socio-economic development en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Development Studies en
dc.description.degree M.A. (Development Studies) en


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