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BEYOND ALIENATION AND ANOMIE THE EMANCIPATORY EFFICACY OF LIBERATION IDEOLOGIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

BEYOND ALIENATION AND ANOMIE THE EMANCIPATORY EFFICACY OF LIBERATION IDEOLOGIES IN SOUTH AFRICA The Soweto revolt of 1976 was mounted by black students in South Africa mobilized under the banner of the Black Consciousness BC ideology. However, when thousands of these youths were driven into exile by state repression, they joined the African National Congress ANC or its military wing. When hundreds of them returned as guerrillas after 1978, some were arrested and tried, while others were involved in spectacular shootouts with the police. The resulting press coverage began to revive ANC ideology in popular consciousness. With further publicity in 1980 from a Free Mandela campaign, and from luridly successful sabotage attacks, popular support for the ANC soared, shaping political events for the rest of the decade. The only other noteworthy tendency among blacks was the Zulubased Inkatha movement led by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, whose support among young people was slight because of his hostile stance to both BC and the ANC. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Emerald Publishing

BEYOND ALIENATION AND ANOMIE THE EMANCIPATORY EFFICACY OF LIBERATION IDEOLOGIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Orkin, Mark
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy , Volume 11 (6/7/8): 17 – Jun 1, 1991
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The Soweto revolt of 1976 was mounted by black students in South Africa mobilized under the banner of the Black Consciousness BC ideology. However, when thousands of these youths were driven into exile by state repression, they joined the African National Congress ANC or its military wing. When hundreds of them returned as guerrillas after 1978, some were arrested and tried, while others were involved in spectacular shootouts with the police. The resulting press coverage began to revive ANC ideology in popular consciousness. With further publicity in 1980 from a Free Mandela campaign, and from luridly successful sabotage attacks, popular support for the ANC soared, shaping political events for the rest of the decade. The only other noteworthy tendency among blacks was the Zulubased Inkatha movement led by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, whose support among young people was slight because of his hostile stance to both BC and the ANC.

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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jun 1, 1991

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