{"id":5196,"date":"2013-01-15T00:59:40","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T00:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=5196"},"modified":"2013-09-14T22:36:05","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T22:36:05","slug":"history-recent-publications-on-south-africa-by-peter-limb-michigan-state-university-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=5196","title":{"rendered":"History: Recent publications on South Africa by Peter LIMB, Michigan State University (USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Peter Limb (Ed.),\u00a0\u00abA.B.Xuma: Autobiography and Selected Works\u00bb,\u00a0The van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town,\u00a02012,\u00a0ISBN: 978-0-9814264-3-3<\/span><\/strong>
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\u00a0Note:\u00a0The Life and Writings of A. B. Xuma<\/a><\/p>\n

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Peter Limb (Michigan State University)<\/a>\u00a0on the life and writings of Dr. Alfred Bitini Xuma, President-General of the African National Congress (1940-49) and first black physician in Johannesburg. Limb discusses his\u00a0just published book<\/a>\u00a0bringing together Xuma\u2019s autobiography, correspondence, essays and speeches on health, politics, crime, beer, the pass laws, and the rights of African women.<\/p>\n

An interviwe of the author is available at the following link:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/afripod.aodl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Afripod64_Afripod-and-Mp3.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0http:\/\/afripod.aodl.org\/<\/a>, 14 Jan. 2013<\/p>\n

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\"ThePeter Limb (Ed.), The People’s Paper: A Centenary History and Anthology of Abantu-Batho,\u00a0Wits University Press,2012,592 p.,\u00a0EAN:<\/strong>\u00a0978186814571<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Contributor(s):<\/strong>\u00a0Chris Lowe<\/a>,\u00a0Chris Saunders<\/a>,\u00a0Grant Christison<\/a>,\u00a0Jeff Opland<\/a>,\u00a0Les Switzer<\/a>,\u00a0Paul S. Landau<\/a>,\u00a0Peter Limb<\/a>,\u00a0Robert Vinson<\/a>,\u00a0Sarah Mkhonza<\/a>,\u00a0Sifiso Ndlovu<\/a><\/h2>\n

A fascinating and \u2026 pioneering volume. For the first time the story of the\u00a0<\/em>Abantu-Batho\u00a0<\/span>newspaper is told here, based on a massive amount of research. The book not only tells the story of a key newspaper, but also sheds entirely new light on the early history of the ANC and the hitherto largely neglected social, economic and political history of Africans on the Rand. An important, radical voice had been missing: here it is restored. A timely and salutary reminder of the struggles in the face of great odds to expose and to challenge the injustices of early twentieth century South Africa.<\/em><\/h2>\n
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\u2014 Brian Willan, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Rhodes University<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once this material is in the public domain, it will be impossible to write about this era of popular politics in South Africa without making reference to\u00a0<\/em>Abantu-Batho\u00a0and the key role it played. The many gems in this book peel away the layers in the story of the paper. It deals with a much occluded aspect of South African politics, history and culture about which many scholars have commented over the years but which no one has addressed.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 Heather Hughes, Principal Teaching Fellow, University of Lincoln<\/strong><\/p>\n

This much-awaited volume uncovers the long-lost pages of the major African multi-lingual newspaper,Abantu-Batho.\u00a0<\/em>Founded in 1912 by African National Congress convener Pixley Seme, with assistance from the Swazi Queen, it was published until 1931, attracting the cream of African politicians, journalists, and poets S.E.K Mqhayi, Nontsizi Mgqwetho and Robert Grendon. In its pages burning issues of the day were articulated alongside cultural by-ways. Comprising both essays on and texts from the paper, it explores the complex movements and individuals that emerged. The essays contribute rich, new material to provide clearer insights into South African politics and intellectual life. The Anthology unveils a judicious selection of never-before-published columns from the paper spanning every year of its life, drawn from repositories on three continents.A<\/em>bantu-Batho\u00a0<\/em>also had a regional and international focus, and by examining all these dynamics across boundaries and disciplines the book transcends established historiographical frontiers to fill a lacuna that scholars have long lamented.<\/p>\n

Distinguished historians and literary scholars, together with exciting young scholars, plumb the lives and ideas of editors, writers, readers and allied movements. Sharing the considerable interest in the ANC centenary, this unique book will have a strong appeal and secure audience among all interested in history, politics, culture, literature, gender, biography and journalism studies, from academics and students to a general public interested in knowing about this early ANC newspaper, its people and the stories that once captivated South Africans.<\/p>\n

CONTENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preface\u00a0Les Switzer<\/em><\/p>\n

PART 1 ESSAYS<\/p>\n

Introduction: A Centenary History of\u00a0Abantu-Batho<\/em>: The People\u2019s Paper\u00a0Peter Limb<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 1. \u2018Only the Bolder Spirits\u2019: Politics, Racism, Solidarity, and War in\u00a0Abantu-Batho\u00a0<\/em>Peter Limb<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 2. \u2018They Must Go to the Bantu Batho\u2019:<\/p>\n

Economics and Education, Religion and Gender, Love and Leisure in the\u00a0People\u2019s Paper\u00a0<\/em>Peter Limb<\/em><\/p>\n

FOUNDERS AND EDITORS<\/p>\n

Chapter 3. Pixley Seme and\u00a0Abantu-Batho Chris Saunders<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 4. Queen Labotsibeni and Her Role in\u00a0Abantu-Batho:\u00a0<\/em>Gendering African Newspaper History\u00a0Sarah Mkhonza<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 5. \u2018We of\u00a0Abantu-Batho<\/em>\u2019: Robert Grendon\u2019s Brief and Controversial Editorship\u00a0Grant Christison<\/em><\/p>\n

THEMES AND CONNECTIONS<\/p>\n

Chapter 6. Swazi Royalty, the Founding of\u00a0Abantu-Batho<\/em>, and Pan-Ethnic Nationalism in the Early South African Native National Congress\u00a0Chris Lowe<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 7.\u00a0Abantu-Batho\u00a0<\/em>and the Xhosa Poets\u00a0Jeff Opland<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 8. African Royalty, Popular History, and\u00a0Abantu-Batho<\/em><\/p>\n

Sifiso Ndlovu & Peter Limb<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 9. \u2018Johannesburg in Flames\u2019: The 1918 Shilling Campaign,\u00a0Abantu-Batho<\/em>, and Early African Nationalism in South Africa\u00a0Paul S. Landau<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 10. Garveyism,\u00a0Abantu-Batho\u00a0<\/em>and the Radicalisation of the African National Congress during the 1920s\u00a0Robert Vinson<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 11. An African Newspaper in Central Johannesburg: The Journalistic and Associational Context ofAbantu-Bantu<\/em><\/p>\n

Peter Limb<\/em><\/p>\n

Conclusion Assessing the Decline and Legacy of\u00a0Abantu-Bantu<\/em><\/p>\n

Peter Limb<\/em><\/p>\n

PART 2 ANTHOLOGY<\/p>\n

The Author:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter Limb<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>is Associate Professor and Africana Bibliographer at Michigan State University. He has written widely on South African history. His recent books include\u00a0A. B. Xuma\u2019s Autobiography and Selected Essays and Correspondence\u00a0<\/em>(2012),\u00a0The ANC\u2019s Early Years\u00a0<\/em>(2010),\u00a0Grappling with the Beast\u00a0<\/em>(2010), and\u00a0Nelson Mandela: A Biography\u00a0<\/em>(2008).<\/p>\n

Source:<\/span> Wits University Press,\u00a0http:\/\/witspress.co.za\/catalogue\/the-peoples-paper\/<\/a>, 14 Jan. 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5196"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6335,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196\/revisions\/6335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}