The history of theologised politics of South Africa, the 1913 Land Act and its impact on the flight from the black self
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This article is an attempt to examine the role and impact of the history of theologised politics in \nSouth Africa and the 1913 Land Act and its impact on the flight from the black self. This is done \nspecifically to locate the question of land and land dispossession of black South Africans that, \naccording to the author of this article, resulted from the theologised politics of South Africa. It is \nthe contention of the author that land dispossession, which was officialised in South Africa with \nthe passing of the 1913 Land Act, was chiefly responsible for the “flight from the black self”. This \nis crucial, simply because the author is of the view that land dispossession had a terrible impact on \nblack people’s self-worth. It is for this reason that the author argues that black people in the main \nhave internalised oppression. On the basis of this, the author surmises that Apartheid, which was \nrationalised as being biblically and theologically sanctioned, precipitated the 1913 Land Act and \nin turn the flight from the black self. It is in this context of the flight from the black self that we \nmust understand the assertion that there are many South Africans within one South Africa.
Author: Tshepo Lephakga
Institution: University of South Africa
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1907086105