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Violence and Solace - The Natal Civil War in Late-Apartheid South Africa (Hardcover)
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Violence and Solace - The Natal Civil War in Late-Apartheid South Africa (Hardcover)
Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History
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The Natal Midlands in South Africa was ravaged by conflict in the
1980s and 1990s between supporters of the United Democratic Front
and Inkatha. The violence left thousands of people dead, injured,
homeless, and emotionally wounded. In Violence and Solace, Mxolisi
Mchunu provides a historical study of the origins, causes, and
nature of political violence in the rural community of KwaShange in
the Vulindlela district, one of the areas most affected by the
political violence in the Natal Midlands. Mchunu survived the
internecine violence in Natal and reflects on his childhood
experiences and the complex political situation in the homelands
between 1985 and 1996. Threading individual and local factors with
regional and national forces, he entwines autobiographical
reflections with historical scholarship to explain the political
violence that rocked parts of Natal. While provincial and national
leaders emerge as complex actors negotiating a chaotic world with
no predictable outcomes, Mchunu shines the brightest spotlight on
the women and children who suffered most during the conflict. The
result is a seminal work on transition violence during the twilight
of apartheid.
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