Text in Afrikaans / Die verskillende pre-koloniale samelewings in suidelike-Afrika bet in die laat
18de en vroee 19de eeue reeds 'n herkenbaar moderne vorm begin aanneem, toe
hulle identiteit deur koloniale intervensie 'gevries' is. Die verhouding wat met
verloop van tyd tussen hierdie samelewings en die indringende koloniste
ontwikkel het, is grotendeels gebaseer op persepsies en houdinge wat reeds
sedert die 17de, 18de en veral die 19de eeu weens die kontak 'n definitiewe
vorm begin aanneem het. Hierdie kan as 'n proses van historiese voorstelling
("historical imaging") beskryf word.
In die proefskrif word die agtergrond van hierdie pre-koloniale samelewings
geskets en die historiese ontstaan van een samelewing word as tersaaklike
voorbeeld bespreek. Die verhoudinge wat plaaslik as gevolg van die proses van
koloniale intervensie ontstaan bet, gee met verloop van tyd aanleiding tot die
beleid van af sander like ontwikkeling, waarvan die toepassing oar 'n periode van
nagenoeg 50 jaar in 'n groat mate bygedra het om die identiteit van hierdie
besondere samelewing op 'n besonderse wyse te vorm.
Om hierdie beleid van afsonderlike ontwikkeling suksesvol toe te pas, was daar
vanaf die regering van die <lag vier mikpunte waaraan voldoen moes word. Dit
is deur middel van wetgewing, oorreding en manipulering bewerkstellig.
Die eerste mikpunt het die ontwikkeling van 'n afsonderlike politieke bestel vir
die swartmense behels, sodat hulle op 'selfstandige' wyse beheer oar die 'state'
wat vir hulle geskep sou word, kon uitoefen.
Die tweede mikpunt was die daarstelling van 'n eie grondgebied waarbinne die
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mense saamgevoeg kon word en wat as basis sou dien vir die fisiese skeiding
tussen swartmense en blankes. Die politieke mag wat vir hulle geskep is, sou net
binne die grense van hierdie eie grondgebied uitgeleef kon word.
Om die beleid suksesvol tot volvoering te kon bring, moes daar ook 'n strategie
vir ekonomiese oorlewing gei'mplimenteer word. Die derde mikpunt was die
ekonomiese self standigmaking van elk van die gebiede. Aangesien die
grondgebied wat aan hierdie mense afgestaan is totaal onvoldoende was, moes
daar verskillende strategiee ontwikkel word vir hul voortbestaan - enersyds deur
die regering en andersyds deur die inwoners.
Laastens sou al die mense binne 'n grondgebied tot 'n homogene eenheid
saamgesnoer moes word. Daar is gevolglik gepoog om 'n eie identiteit vir die
inwoners van elk van die gebiede te skep. Die strategie het grootliks op 'n
etniese grondslag berus en was van sodanige aard dat dit die verskille tussen
die groepe beklemtoon het.
Die proses van die konstruksie van identiteit is aan die lig gebring deur
navorsing wat onder die Hananwa, 'n Noord-Sotho-sprekende groep mense
woonagtig in die weste van Noordelike Provinsie, gedoen is. Hierdie 'konstruksieproses'
was egter nie eensydig nie en die Hananwa het, soos wat dit hulle gepas
het, aktief daaraan deelgeneem.
Die navorsingsproses het die toepassing van 'n multi-dissiplinere benadering
behels, wat hoof saaklik van antropologiese, maar ook argeologiese en historiese
metodologie gebruik gemaak het. / The various pre-colonial societies of southern Africa emerged in a recognizable
modern form during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when they were
'frozen' in their identities by colonial intervention. The relationships that
developed with time between these societies and the colonial powers, were
largely based upon perceptions and attitudes that developed since the 17th, 18th
and especially the 19th centuries as a result of this contact. This latter process
has been described as a process of historical imaging.
In this thesis, the background to these pre-colonial societies is given and the
historical development of one such society is discussed as a relevant example.
The relationships that resulted locally because of this process of colonial
intervention eventually gave rise to a policy of separate development, the
implementation of which over a period of close to 50 years largely contributed
to the creation of the identity of this particular society.
As prerequisite for this policy to be successful, four aims that had to be
successfully implemented were identified by the government of the day. This
was done by means of legislation, persuasion and manipulation.
The first aim was the development of a separate political system for black
people, by which they could 'independently' govern themselves in the 'states'
that were to be created for them.
Secondly, for this political mechanism to work, it was necessary to establish a
separate area or 'state', where the black people could live and govern
themselves. The political power created for them could only be used within the
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boundaries of these states. Furthermore, these states would also serve to
separate whites and black people from each other.
Thirdly, for this policy to work, it was necessary to develop a strategy for the
economic survival of the people in these states. As the areas set aside for them
were totally inadequate, a number of strategies were developed for their
economic survival - on the one hand by the authorities and on the other hand by
the inhabitants of these areas themselves.
The last aim was to unite all the inhabitants within each of these states into
one group. It was therefore tried to establish an identity or image for all the
inhabitants of each of these areas. This strategy was largely based on ethnic
principles, with particular emphasis on the differences between the various
groups.
This process of the construction of identity is discussed with reference to a
specific society, known as the Hananwa, a Northern-Sotho-speaking people living
in the west of the Northern Province. Amongst the Hananwa, this 'construction
process' was not one-sided and they took an active part in it as it suited their
particular need at a specific time.
The research strategy was based on a multi-disciplinary approach that employed
mainly anthropological methods, but also included archaeological and historical
methodology. / Anthropology and Archaeology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Anthropology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/17758 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Van Schalkwyk, Johan Abraham |
| Contributors | De Jongh, M., Van Vuuren, C.J. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | Afrikaans |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (xi, 306 leaves) |
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