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Instructor: Dr. Jeff Chamberlain	Course Requirements
Course Description	WWW Resources
Course Objectives	Grading Scale
Texts/Documents	Tentative Course Schedule

Instructor: Dr. Jeff Chamberlain

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Course Description:

This course will survey the history of South Africa, with emphases on indigenous peoples, European colonization, the development of Apartheid, and the "new South Africa."

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Course Objectives:

1. To give you a good overall understanding of the people, ideas, and events of the history of South Africa.
2. To acquaint you with the principle issues and historiographical problems of the subject.
3. To develop your ability to "do history" be working on research skills, critical thinking, and debate.
4. To develop your communication skills (oral and written) by using discussion, presentation, and writing assignments.
5. To acquaint you with the resources available for the study of this and other history topics on the World Wide Web.
6. To develop your skills for teaching history and culture.

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Text/Documents:

The required texts are:

• James Michener, The Covenant. New York: Fawcett Crest, 1980.

• John A. Williams, From the South African Past: Narratives, Documents, and Debates. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
  

• Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994.

These texts are available in the CSF Bookshoppe. Other readings may be required. These will be either handed out in class or accessible through clickable items on the syllabus itself. See the Course Schedule section.

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Course Requirements:

1. Class Participation.You are expected to attend class, be prepared for it (i.e., read the assigned readings) and participate in discussion. You should be familiar with the texts and other readings. See the Course Schedule for these. You will also be asked to be active in class (in ways such as role playing, debate, etc.), and your eagerness and participation in these activities will account for approximately half of this grade. 15% of the course grade.
2. Other Assignments. There will be assignments and/or quizzes on the readings. You will be asked to present sections from Long Walk to Freedom. These will be collectively worth 15% of the course grade.
3. Exams. There will be two examinations: a midterm and a final. The midterm will probably be a takehome and will consist of essay questions. It will count as 15% of the course grade. The final will consist of essay and objective questions. It will count as 15% of the course grade.
4. E-mail project. In the first few weeks of class, you should find someone in South Africa to correspond with via e-mail. The South African E-Mail Database may be a good source for correspondents. You will be expected to write back and forth, talking about South African history, culture and politics, at least 7 times. Keep hard copies of all of your correspondence. All you will have to turn in will be these hard copies. If you are not able to find a regular correspondent, an alternate assignment will be given. 15% of course grade.
5. WWW project. You will be asked to do a research project on South Africa using the WWW. Take a topic having to do with South African history or its current political/cultural situation, survey the sources, and write a 4-5 page paper. You should keep in mind the CSF History Guidelines for Writing Papers, and should cite your sources in an acceptable format. 15% of course grade.
6. Films. During the course of the semester, you should watch at least ONE of the following feature films and write a 2-3 page summary and evaluation of the film. Your analysis should explain how the film illustrates South African history, and whether, in your estimation, it does it well or not. 10% of course grade.

• The Power of One
• Cry Freedom
• Shaka Zulu
• Zulu Dawn
• Cry the Beloved Country
• Sarafina
• Mandela and DeKlerc
• Mandela

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WWW Resources: Places to Start

South Africa Online

ANC Homepage

Inkatha Freedom Party

South African Webpages

South African News Sources

South African Weekly Mail & Guardian

South African E-Mail Database

South African WWW Servers

Sourth African Internet Resources

Iafrica.Com

South African Sources

Capetown's Bid for 2004 Olympics

If you find sites that would make good links here, please e-mail them to me.

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Grading Scale:

The grading scale for this course will be as follows:

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Tentative Course Schedule

Note: We will access the links below IN CLASS, so unless instructed otherwise, don't worry about looking them up on your own (but you ARE expected to do the reading).

Tuesday, 26 August: Introduction and Orientation

Tuesday, 2 September: Michener, 21-103.

Rock Art links;

Bushmen Rock Art;

Analysis of Rock Art;

Witswatersrand Un. Rock Art Page;

Great Zimbabwe;

The Baobab Tree site: see also Islamic East Africa;

Dhow 1;

Dhow 2;

Zanzibar & its culture;

Kenya: AfricaOnline (Sofala and Kilwa);

East Africa

Tuesday, 9 September: Michener, 105-216; Williams, 6-9.

The Batavia Yard

Dutch East India Co.

Another picture of an East Indiaman

Malacca

Malacca Online

Malacca

Indonesia map

Map Resources

Tuesday, 16 September: Michener, 217-316.

Wars of Religion: St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Modern Calvinism

About South African Wines

Stellenbosch Wine Route

Franschoek: Guide to the Valley of the Huguenots

Tuesday, 23 September: Michener, 317-422; Williams, 49-67.

Maps of Dutch Expansion

Xhosa Translator

The Coming of the Europeans in South Africa

Dutch Settlements

Intro. to South Africa--Info on Xhosa Wars under History

Invitation to Graaff-Reinet

Tuesday, 30 September: Michener, 423-530; Williams, 34-48.

Overberg Area

Introduction to Grahamstown

East London

The Garden Route

Methodism in South Africa

Tuesday, 7 October: Midterm Take-home exam due.

Tuesday, 14 October: Fall Break: No Class.

Tuesday, 21 October: Michener, 531-588; Williams, 79-86.

Overview of Zulus and some useful phrases

Zulu adornments and beadwork

Zululand and Northern Natal

Shaka's Propensity to Sit on Stones

Shaka and Civil Rights?

Zulu beehive hut

Zulu village

Zulu dancer

If you have a soundcard & speakers, listen to the Zulu greeting sent into space

Zulu and Xhosa Culture: The Praise Singer

Tuesday, 28 October: Michener, 589-710; Williams, 77-78, 87-103.

Voortrekker Monument

Kipling's "Voortrekker"

What do you think this is all about?

Pietermaritzburg

Battlefields--Blood River

Voortrekker Battles:

• Battle of Saai Laager
• Attack at Van Rensburg Spruit
• Bloukrans Massacre
• Battle of Veglaer
• Battle of Blood River

Tuesday, 4 November: Michener, 711-800; Williams, 103-120.

Anglo-Zulu War:

• Battle of Isandlwana: A survivor's account
• Rorke's Drift

Diamonds and Gold:

• Kimberley and the Diamond Mines

First "War of Independence:"

• Battle of Majuba

Second "War of Independence:" Anglo-Boer War:

• Brief Intro. to the Boer War
• Joseph Chamberlain and the Boer War
• The Boer War
• Blockhouses of the Boer War
• Siege and Relief of Ladysmith
• Battle of Spion Kop
• Public Record Office (London) Centenary on the Boer War
• Another Centenary Invitation

Tuesday, 11 November: Mandela, 1-140.

Milestones in early ANC History

Chronology and Overview of Apartheid and its Demise

Early Segregation Policies: Building Blocks of Apartheid

Manifesto of ANC Youth League 1944

Tuesday, 18 November: Mandela, 141-262.

Mandela, "No Easy Walk to Freedom" speech, 21 Sept. 1953

Mandela, Testimony in the Treason Trial

Leaflet for stay-at-home campaign, 29-31 May 1961

Selected Speeches and Writings of Chief Luthuli

Sharpeville Massacre

Women's Struggles and Movements

Apartheid Theory

Apartheid Logistics

Tuesday, 25 November: Mandela, 263-378.

The Instruments of Apartheid

Umkhonto we Sizwe Documents

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Tuesday, 2 December: Mandela, 379-510.

Tuesday, 9 December: Mandela, 511-625.

Illustration of American Protests against Apartheid on University Campuses

Tuesday, 16 December: Final Exam.

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