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The history of settlers: Stephen Jackson, ‘British History is Their History: Britain and the British Empire in the History Curriculum of Ontario, Canada and Victoria, Australia 1930-1975’, Espacio, Tiempo y Educación, 4, 2, 2017, pp. 165-186. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/ete.161 »

On the decolonisation and settlers (reflecting on southern Africa): Chris Saunders, ‘Decolonization in Southern Africa: Reflections on the Namibian and South African Cases’, Journal for Contemporary History, 42, 1, 2017, pp. 99-114

10Jul17

Abstract: While the term “decolonization” is now applied in many different situations, with different meanings, its original and prime usage relates to the process leading to the ending of colonial rule. Though there is a large literature on that process, we lack a detailed overview of the way it unfolded in Southern Africa. This article focuses on two countries in that region, Namibia and South Africa, and raises some of the questions that need to be addressed in relation to their “decolonization”. It also seeks to show how complex “decolonization” was in these two instances, and the importance of seeing individual cases in a regional and comparative perspective.


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