Orthodoxy and counter-orthodoxy in the Bethanie anti-levy riot of 1940
Date
1989-03
Authors
Venable, Howard
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Abstract
One of the central events in the history of the
Bakwena-ba-Magopa community, (1) according to its members, is the
civil strife of 1940, and especially the riot on Sunday night,
the 21st of July 1940 in the village of Bethanie. People living
in that village today frequently refer to the period as Bethanie's
"civil war," a term which emphasizes that the dispute was
profoundly inward-looking, local and devisive, as well as violent.
Even today, when most of the leading actors in the drama are dead,
the people of Bethanie are quite reluctant to talk openly about
those events.
Description
African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented March 1989
Keywords
Riots. South Africa. Bethanie