A history of the present : recognizing the complex and shifting nature of racism and resistance in the life narratives of the Khayelitsha Internal Forces
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2008
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This research attempts to represent and analyze the life-story narratives of a group of five former anti-apartheid combatants. Narratives were collected from a total often, in-depth, life-history interviews with five former-members of the Khayelitsha Internal Forces. The Internal Forces represent a group of ex-combatants who were operating in the Western Cape as a para-military Self Defense Unit (SOU) during the 1986-1994 period of popular township revolt. The first stage of analysis consists of five re-constructed summaries of each of the participant's narratives with a particular focus on common themes running through the experience of childhood to the experience of joining the internal forces.
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Wale, K. 2008. A history of the present : recognizing the complex and shifting nature of racism and resistance in the life narratives of the Khayelitsha Internal Forces. University of Cape Town.