2013
DOI: 10.1017/s0021853713000558
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African History and Global Studies: A View From South Africa

Abstract: Recent debates on global and world history have largely been shaped in the Euro-American academy, an arrangement that appears to deepen the growing divide between metropolitan and African universities. This article takes a more optimistic view arguing that twenty years of post-apartheid life has enabled a freer flow of people and ideas across the continent. These new networks have sparked projects that explore inter-regional exchanges and transnational circuits within the continent. These developments coincide… Show more

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“…South Africa’s socioeconomic and sociopolitical landscape is undergoing transformation at an ever-increasing pace (de Jongh, 2004). In total, 20 years of post-apartheid life have opened up the previously isolated regime to the rest of the continent and the world (Hofmeyr, 2013). In projecting the 2017 economic outlook for South Africa, the OECD (2016) reported that the macroeconomic situation is still difficult due to weak growth and inflation above the central bank’s target.…”
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“…South Africa’s socioeconomic and sociopolitical landscape is undergoing transformation at an ever-increasing pace (de Jongh, 2004). In total, 20 years of post-apartheid life have opened up the previously isolated regime to the rest of the continent and the world (Hofmeyr, 2013). In projecting the 2017 economic outlook for South Africa, the OECD (2016) reported that the macroeconomic situation is still difficult due to weak growth and inflation above the central bank’s target.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most, but not all, of the research that we present in this chapter was undertaken in the postconflict societies of Northern Ireland and South Africa. Notwithstanding some important differences, these two contexts share notable parallels to each other and to other postconflict societies around the world, including persistent segregation, a lack of cross-group friendships, and generally negative outgroup attitudes (e.g., Gibson, 2004;Hofmeyr, 2006;Hughes & Donnelly, 2001;Robinson, 2003;Turner et al, 2010). We use our research in these two postconflict societies to illustrate and discuss the importance of positive intergroup contact and the roles of outgroup forgiveness and trust for fostering positive intergroup relations within postconflict societies in general.…”
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