Identity reconstruction of black african learners in a muslim primary school.

Abstract

My Heavenly Father, for leading and guiding me throughout this journey. I thank God for His protection, strength, wisdom, and provision for the completion of this work. And on His wings only have I soared. ▪ Secondly, on achieving this milestone in my life, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the following people: ▪ My profound gratitude goes first to my Supervisor, Dr Ncamisile P Mthiyane. Her guidance and beneficial critiques have kept me on task and have challenged me to think, reflect, and then act; and to find my own voice within my praxis. Her supervisory role, wealth of academic experience, encouragement, attention to detail, and finesse throughout the entire journey of this research, kept me grounded, focused, and accorded the latitude and platform towards its successful completion. ▪ My husband -Vama Makhanya. Thank you for your continuous support and allowing me to accomplish this lifelong dream. I thank you Mnguni for believing in me and for encouraging me to press on when I wanted to give up. ▪ My daughter -Amkela Makhanya. Thank you for always encouraging me with your words of wisdom. Without your love, support, and prayers, I could not have succeeded. ▪ My brothers Bruce and Sandile. My sisters -Carol and Naledi [in-law]. Nephews -Mfundo, Mpilo and Junior. My nieces -Kim, Jodie, Thandolwethu, Thando and Okuhle. You all have a special place in my heart. My dear maternal uncle late Reggie, uncle Siyanda, and aunties; Nini, Lindiwe, Sbo, Sma, Ntombfuthi and Cindy and their families. Thank you all for always having embraced me and my family through thick and thin. Your priceless love carries me. Thank you, boFenya. The entire families, Ngcobo [paternal] and Makhanya [in-laws]. I love you dearly. v ▪ To my spiritual family for Godly love, prayers and sustained spiritual capacity to complete this work. ▪To friends, thank you for your love, consideration, and support. ▪The dear young participant learners, who took time from their busy schedules, opened up and trusted me to share honestly their personal experiences in order to make this study possible. ▪The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Basic Education [DBE] and the Muslim Primary School Principal for granting me permission to conduct the study at the selected Primary School in UMlazi District.▪ Lastly, my deep appreciation goes to my language editor for the kindness she showed mefor her patience and hard work in re-shaping my dissertation to be academically appropriate.