LEADER 02843nam 2200433 450 001 9910817182003321 005 20230118151523.0 010 $a1-77614-718-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000012050983 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC28854740 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL28854740 035 $a(OCoLC)1276859886 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012050983 100 $a20230118d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aColour, class and community $ethe Natal Indian Congress, 1971-1994 /$fAshwin Desai, Goolam Vahed 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aJohannesburg, South Africa :$cWits University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (396 pages) 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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. 330 $aAn 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. 606 $aAnti-racism 615 0$aAnti-racism. 676 $a322.44096809045 700 $aDesai$b Ashwin$0688552 702 $aVahed$b Goolam H.$f1961- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817182003321 996 $aColour, class and community$94088737 997 $aUNINA