Versions of Resistance History in South Africa: The ANC Strand in Inkatha in the 1970s and 1980s

In: Review of African political economy, Volume 27, Issue 83, p. 63-79

Abstract

Explores the relationship between the African National Conference (ANC), as movement & resistance symbol, & the Inkatha movement of nkosi Mangosuthu Buthelezi during the 1970s & 1980s, highlighting Inkatha's perception & presentation of the ANC. The argument is that Inkatha leadership had not only the ideological pressure, but the opportunity to place the movement in an ANC resistance history that was also populist, denying class & other divisions. However, Inkatha was never able to escape its political location with the KwaZulu ethnic bantustan. Thus, the ANC was driven to an uncompromising position through the rise of internal resistance from the late-1970s. 35 References. Adapted from the source document.