Nationalism refers to an ideology that stresses the collective of a nation- state, that people in the dogma of popular form the nation and instead of aligning themselves within ethnic boundaries, e.g. Xhosa, Zulu, etc., nationalists wanted black South Africans to view themselves as just South Africans. South African nationalism wanted to unite all the indigenous groups in the struggles against colonialism, apartheid and economic subjugation which had evolved over time into an all- encompassing South Africanism to suit the changing conditions. The following is an analysis that aims to illustrate that it was an interplay between political, social and economic forms of resistances that propelled Native South Africans in their struggles against
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Preaching the unity of all blacks, he claimed that liberty would come only through the return of African- Americans to their ancestral continent. In the 1920s through to the 1930s, the ANC appropriated Garvey’s notions of racial pride and pan- Africanism to aid in South Africa’s struggles against colonialism and racial subjugation. Further to this, inspired by Woodrow Wilson’s call for self- determination leaders of the ANC condemned the colonial system for embracing contradictory policies to those inferred by Wilson’s Fourteen Point’s and this propelled them to take matters into their own hands. Following the signing of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, black South Africans were deceptively led to hope for changed in the countries’ political system and that did its part to further infuriate black South Africans creating a favorable environment for the ANC to indorse resistance against imperialism by white minority rule. Decades later, the implementation of the 1941 Atlantic Charter described a biosphere of free people with rights, and the ANC interpreted the Charter as a promise for finally obtaining liberty from tyranny and oppression. This idea was further encouraged by Britain when she recruited many Africans to fight under the impression she would help them gain independence thereafter. Nevertheless, black South African soldiers returned home to South Africa to broken promises feeling resentful and bitter and that further accelerated the rise of nationalism out of the mutual anger towards white pre- eminence and oppression. The 1940s saw a growth of African nationalism that aimed to contest the growing Afrikaner
Preaching the unity of all blacks, he claimed that liberty would come only through the return of African- Americans to their ancestral continent. In the 1920s through to the 1930s, the ANC appropriated Garvey’s notions of racial pride and pan- Africanism to aid in South Africa’s struggles against colonialism and racial subjugation. Further to this, inspired by Woodrow Wilson’s call for self- determination leaders of the ANC condemned the colonial system for embracing contradictory policies to those inferred by Wilson’s Fourteen Point’s and this propelled them to take matters into their own hands. Following the signing of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, black South Africans were deceptively led to hope for changed in the countries’ political system and that did its part to further infuriate black South Africans creating a favorable environment for the ANC to indorse resistance against imperialism by white minority rule. Decades later, the implementation of the 1941 Atlantic Charter described a biosphere of free people with rights, and the ANC interpreted the Charter as a promise for finally obtaining liberty from tyranny and oppression. This idea was further encouraged by Britain when she recruited many Africans to fight under the impression she would help them gain independence thereafter. Nevertheless, black South African soldiers returned home to South Africa to broken promises feeling resentful and bitter and that further accelerated the rise of nationalism out of the mutual anger towards white pre- eminence and oppression. The 1940s saw a growth of African nationalism that aimed to contest the growing Afrikaner