ENGL 1003H Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pass Laws, Woza Albert!, Military History Of South Africa
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Bantu-speaking farmers in the west and south. Zulu kingdom in the centre and east. Xhosa-speaking hunter-gatherers and farmers in the east and north. 1650s dutch east india company permanently colonizes table bay (cape town) Throughout 1800s britain conquers and extends control from cape town. 1860s: diamonds and gold discovered in the transvaal and orange free state. Anglo-zulu wars in the east, boer wars in the central areas and northeast. 1931 south africa gets full political independence. National party elected 1948 and formal apartheid begins. Pass laws act & separate amenities act: 1952. Apartheid as a system of economic exploitation. Activism illegal, education suppressed . but art much harder to police. Outside white cities were large black slums. Brotowski, towards a poor theatre / brooks, the empty space. The township musical comes to the white city. Toured all across south africa for black and white audiences. One of the most frequently revived african plays.
