State of Apartheid: South Africa (1900s-1990s)

Undergraduate

This course introduces students to the cumulative South African historical experience known as Segregation (1910-1948) and Apartheid (1948-1994). Students will explore how “race” became a determinant of where one could live, what one could do for a living, for ‘how much’, and even who one could marry. To emphasize the casual relation between power relations and the production of 114 Winter 2027 Undergraduate Calendar knowledge, the readings assigned for this course are, mostly, produced by South African literati with first- hand experience of Segregation and/or Apartheid. (Prerequisites: HIST-2200 or HIST-3210, and Semester 6 standing and/or permission of instructor.)