Class Year
2018
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Spring 2018
Department 1
Anthropology
Abstract
Examining the correlation between the history of colonialism and structures of Apartheid in South Africa and the current xenophobic violence experienced by Black African immigrants settling in Cape Town. This thesis explores theories of autochthony and belonging in the context of Cape Town, Black South African relationships and ownership of land, access to resources and opportunities for employment, and the continued disenfranchisement of Black South Africans in the wake of Apartheid. These components of the issue of xenophobia in Cape Town are factored into an analysis of how and why violence persists against immigrants in the city.
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Recommended Citation
Casey, Mary L., "Understanding Violence Against Foreigners in Cape Town: Conceptions of Autochthony and Xenophobia in Post-Apartheid South Africa" (2018). Student Publications. 723.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/723
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African History Commons, African Studies Commons, Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
Comments
Written as a senior thesis in Anthropology.