02843nam 2200433 450 991081718200332120230118151523.01-77614-718-9(CKB)4100000012050983(MiAaPQ)EBC28854740(Au-PeEL)EBL28854740(OCoLC)1276859886(EXLCZ)99410000001205098320230118d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierColour, class and community the Natal Indian Congress, 1971-1994 /Ashwin Desai, Goolam Vahed1st ed.Johannesburg, South Africa :Wits University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (396 pages)Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Repression, Revelation and Resurrection: The Revival of the NIC -- 2 Black Consciousness and the Challenge to the 'I' in the NIC -- 3 Between Principle and Pragmatism: Debates over the SAIC, 1971-1978 -- 4 Changing Geographies and New Terrains of Struggle -- 5 Class(rooms) of Dissent: Education Boycotts and Democratic Trade Unions, 1976-1985 -- 6 Lenin and the Duma Come to Durban: Reigniting the Participation Debate -- 7 The Anti-SAIC Campaign of 1981: Prefigurative Politics? -- 8 Botha's 1984 and the Rise of the UDF -- 9 Letters from Near and Afar: The Consulate Six -- 10 Inanda, Inkatha and Insurrection: 1985 -- 11 Building Up Steam: Operation Vula and Local Networks -- 12 Between Fact and Factions: The 1987 Conference -- 13 'Caught with Our Pants Down': The NIC and the Crumbling of Apartheid 1988-1990 -- 14 Snapping the Strings of the UDF -- 15 Digging Their Own Grave: Debating the Future of the NIC -- 16 The Ballot Box, 1994: A Punch in the Gut? -- 17 Between Rajbansi's 'Ethnic Guitar' and the String of the ANC Party List -- Conclusion: A Spoke in the Wheel -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.An important study of the revival of the Natal Indian Congress in 1971 to the first democratic elections in 1994. In fascinating detail, Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed bring the inner workings of the NIC to life against the canvas of major political developments in South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s.Anti-racismAnti-racism.322.44096809045Desai Ashwin688552Vahed Goolam H.1961-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817182003321Colour, class and community4088737UNINA