South Africa's diverse peoples: a reference sourcebook/ Sally Frankental and Owen B. Sichone.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The Construction of Ethnicity in South Africa -- 1. Moving and Meeting: "Peopling" Southern Africa and Naming Diverse Populations -- The Peopling of South Africa -- Language as a Marker of Difference -- Significant People, Places, and Events -- 2. Colonial Encounters: The Recognition of Cultural Diversity and Its Consequences (1600-1900) -- Khoisan Resistance -- Cape Cosmopolitanism -- Encroaching Colonialism -- The Era of British Imperialism -- African "Tribes" as Conceived by the British --
Chinese and Indian Labor -- Jewish Immigrants -- Sotho Resistance -- Missionaries and Educated African Elites -- Significant People, Places, and Events -- 3. Shifting Alliances -- British Imperialism and South Africa -- Trekker Expansion and Incipient Afrikaner State Formation -- British Colonial Expansion -- Urbanization -- Colored Attempts to Resist Segregation -- British Imperialism and African Disillusionment -- Afrikaner Nationalism -- The South African War -- Significant People, Places, and Events --

Part II. The Hardening of Ethnic Boundaries -- 4. The Intensification of Segregation after Union -- Toward Union -- The Union -- Afrikaners -- Entrenching Afrikaner Ethnicity -- Black Political Movements -- Social Effects of the 1913 Natives' Land Act -- Trade Unions -- African People's Organisation (APO) -- Colored People's Status in the Union -- Significant People, Places, and Events -- 5. The "Naturalization" of Apartheid -- Apartheid Legislation -- The Definition of "the Colored Community" under Apartheid -- Afrikaner Identity under Apartheid -- Black Africans under Apartheid -- The Freedom Charter -- Black Consciousness Movement -- Redefining Black South Africa -- Significant People, Places, and Events -- 6. The Beginning of the End: Repression and Reform -- Mounting Pressure on Apartheid -- Organized Resistance: The UDF, the MDM, and the Trade Unions -- Total Onslaught, Total Strategy -- States of Emergency: Urban Resistance and Violence -- Internal Fissions: Afrikaner Ethnicity in Crisis -- The Bantustans: Legislation, Rationale, and Consequences -- Trouble in the Homelands -- Significant People, Places, and Events -- 7. Ethnic Diversity in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- The First Democratic Elections -- Faith-Based and Ethnic Parties -- Afrikaners in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- Afrikaner Cultural Politics -- Farm Killings and Farm Evictions: Ethnic Cleansing or Class Struggles? -- Colored Politics in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- Muslim Communities in the New South Africa -- African Migrants and South African Xenophobia -- Significant People, Places, and Events -- 8. Conclusions: Ethnicity in a Young Democracy -- National Unity -- Nation-Building and the "Rainbow Nation," -- Ethnic Identity and the Tourism Industry -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Nation-Building -- The RDP Program as a Nation-Building Tool -- The Transformation of Public Institutions -- Ethnicity, Class, and Language -- Transformation in Sports -- Re-Africanization: Celebrating an African Democracy -- The Complexity of Ethnicity in Democratic South Africa -- The Elections of 2004: The Decline of Ethnic Blocs? -- Significant People, Places, and Events.