Mafeje and Langa : the start of an intellectual’s journey

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dc.contributor.author Sharp, John
dc.date.accessioned 2010-04-15T09:11:26Z
dc.date.available 2010-04-15T09:11:26Z
dc.date.issued 2008-05
dc.description Article en
dc.description.abstract Drawing on material in the Wilson papers in the University of Cape Town archives, this article reviews the contribution Archie Mafeje made to Monica Wilson’s research project in Langa (Cape Town, South Africa) in the early 1960s. It also discusses the character of the relationship between Wilson and Mafeje that emerged in the course of his contribution to the project, showing how a warm and respectful relationship was sustained through the difficult period of the late 1960s, and into the 1970s when Mafeje reformulated his arguments relating to Langa and his assessment of liberal, ‘assimilationist’ South African anthropology. The article concludes by drawing out some of the wider implications of this episode of intellectual history, seeking to contextualise the antipathy towards anthropology that Mafeje expressed in later years. en
dc.identifier.citation Sharp, J 2008, 'Mafeje and Langa: the start of an intellectual’s journey', Africa Development, vol. XXXIII, no. 4, pp. 153-167. [http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?rubrique39&lang=en] en
dc.identifier.issn 0850-3907
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13961
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa en
dc.rights © Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Mafeje, Archie -- Influence en
dc.subject.lcsh Wilson, Monica Hunter en
dc.subject.lcsh Africa, Southern -- Race relations en
dc.subject.lcsh Langa (Cape Town, South Africa) -- Politics and government en
dc.subject.lcsh Intellectuals -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Anthropology and history -- South Africa en
dc.title Mafeje and Langa : the start of an intellectual’s journey en
dc.type Article en


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