Do South Africans exist? nationalism, democracy, and the identity of "The people"

Do South Africans exist? addresses a gap in contemporary studies of nationalism and the nation, providing a critical study of South African nationalisim against the broader context of African nationalism in general. Narratives of resistance, telling of African peoples oppressed and exploited, presum...

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title_auth Do South Africans exist? nationalism, democracy, and the identity of "The people"
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title_full_unstemmed Do South Africans exist? nationalism, democracy, and the identity of "The people" Ivor Chipkin
title_short Do South Africans exist?
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Politik
Nationalism South Africa
Group identity South Africa
Democracy South Africa
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Black nationalism South Africa
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