NOSTALGIA AFTER APARTHEID: DISILLUSIONMENT, YOUTH, AND DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
AUTHOR – Amber R Reed PUBLISHER – UJ Press
NOSTALGIA AFTER APARTHEID DISILLUSIONMENT, YOUTH, AND DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
In this engaging book, Amber Reed provides a new perspective on South Africa’s democracy by exploring black residents’ nostalgia for life during apartheid in the rural Eastern Cape. Reed looks at a surprising phenomenon encountered in the post- apartheid nation: despite the Department of Education mandating curricula meant to teach values of civic responsibility and liberal democracy, those who are actually responsible for teaching this material (and the students taking it) often resist what they see as the imposition of ‘white’ values. These teachers and students do not see South African Nostalgia after Apartheid: Disillusionment, Youth, and Democracy in South Africa AUTHOR § Amber R Reed PUBLISHER § UJ Press democracy as a type of freedom, but rather as destructive of their own ‘African culture’ – whereas apartheid, at least ostensibly, allowed for cultural expression in the former rural homelands. In the Eastern Cape, Reed observes, resistance to democracy occurs alongside nostalgia for apartheid among the very citizens who were most disenfranchised by the late racist, authoritarian regime. Examining a rural town in the former In this engaging book, Amber Reed provides a democracy by exploring Black residents’ nostalg rural Eastern Cape. Reed looks at a surprising ph apartheid nation: despite the Department of Ed to teach values of civic responsibility and liberal responsible for teaching this material (and the stud see as the imposition of “white” values. These tea African democracy as a type of freedom, but rathe culture”—whereas apartheid, at least ostensibly, a former rural homelands. In the Eastern Cape, Ree occurs alongside nostalgia for apartheid among disenfranchised by the late racist, authoritarian re former Transkei homeland and the urban offices o in Cape Town, Reed argues that nostalgic memo was not under attack, combined with the socioeco state, set the stage for the current political ambiva being a case study, however, Nostalgia after Aparth which nationalism and authoritarianism continue to in South Africa has far wider implications for think ISBN § 978-0-906785-35-5 (Paperback) Price § R325 (paperback) Transkei homeland and the urban offices of the Sonke Gender Justice Network in Cape Town, Reed argues that nostalgic memories of a time when African culture was not under attack, combined with the socioeconomic failures of the post-apartheid state, set the stage for the current political ambivalence in South Africa. Beyond simply being a case study, however, Nostalgia after Apartheid shows how, in a global context in which nationalism and authoritarianism continue to rise, the threat posed to democracy in South Africa has far wider implications for thinking about enactments of democracy.
AMBER R REED
ISBN – 978-0-906785-35-5 (Paperback) Price – R325 (paperback)
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