The ‘Africanness’ of White South Africans?

Paphitis, Sharli Anne; Kelland, Lindsay

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“…Collaboration is also a vital part of family existence and organization which is reflected in communal living. For example, the component of an African family may include the parents, children, brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts and uncles and they cooperatively care for and support each other [52].…”

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Researching African Indigenous Population in Contemporary Times: What Scholars and Practitioners Need to Know

Igbafe¹

2023

Indigenous and Minority Populations - Perspectives From Scholars and Writers Across the World

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Researching indigenous people has been characterized by debate on what indigenous knowledge systems and epistemologies should guide the research. This debate is a result of limited knowledge of who indigenous people are, and what epistemologies, philosophies, cultural values and practices that inform their physical and spiritual beliefs. There are questions on how the indigenous research paradigm and research methodology can help to provide quality research outcomes. However, these questions have deterred emerging scholars and practitioners who are interested in researching indigenous people. This chapter aimed to advance awareness of what scholars and practitioners need to know about researching indigenous people in contemporary times. An exploratory approach was used to identify, describe and discuss information from diverse publishing sites to build holistic knowledge for scholars and practitioners. The concepts that the scholars and practitioners can refer to, for an appropriate understanding of indigenous people were defined. Then, considered why the research on the indigenous population by scholars and practitioners matters. The chapter presented and discussed the indigenous research paradigm and research methodology suitable for the indigenous setting. The chapter also explored relevant human rights frameworks and the competency to guide scholars and practitioners in an indigenous setting.

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Researching African Indigenous Population in Contemporary Times: What Scholars and Practitioners Need to Know

Igbafe¹

2023

Indigenous and Minority Populations - Perspectives From Scholars and Writers Across the World

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“…In fact, both Mandela's "Rainbow Nation" ideal and Mbeki's "African Renaissance" aim, according to Paphitis and. Kelland (2016), to find out a "renewed and unified African identity" (p. 240).…”

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“…Kelland (2016), to find out a "renewed and unified African identity" (p. 240). Besides, the "African Renaissance" project, Paphitis and. Kelland (2016) add , is considered a "broadening of the South Africa rainbow nation project" (p. 241), both of which , as Paphitis and.…”

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Post-Apartheid Fiction: A Reading of Yewande Omotoso’s The Woman Next Door

Ali

2024

CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education

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Omotoso's novel, The Woman Next Door (2014), can be best approached within the post-apartheid discourse of colorblindness, non-racialism, reconciliation, and cultural diversity. The paper aims to show how Omotoso's novel depicts an important epoch in the history of contemporary South Africa, i.e., the post transitional phase, by adopting the basic principles of the "Rainbow Nation" government. An analysis of Omotoso's novel reveals that though it does not openly deal with racism in the way apartheid fiction does, it does not ignore it either. That Omotoso's novel presents a reconsideration of racism by depicting its effects on determining black / white relations is also among the aims of this paper. Besides, best approached within the discourse of postapartheid era, Omotoso's The Woman Next Door re-examines African cultural identity in the 21st century. The paper elucidates how the writer deploys memory as a significant means of identity construction. In addition, Omotoso deconstructs the stereotypical image of the black woman long depicted in South African fiction. Certain concepts such as Hall's "cultural identity", Nuttall's "entanglement", Kalua's "intermediality" and Chapman's "the humanism of reconstruction" will be used to analyze the transformation in Omotoso's main characters in The Woman Next Door.

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The ‘Africanness’ of White South Africans?

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Researching African Indigenous Population in Contemporary Times: What Scholars and Practitioners Need to Know

Researching African Indigenous Population in Contemporary Times: What Scholars and Practitioners Need to Know

Post-Apartheid Fiction: A Reading of Yewande Omotoso’s The Woman Next Door

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