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The Political Origins of Zulu Violence during the 1994 Democratic Transition of South Africa
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- Issue Date
- 2008-12
- Citation
- Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol.15 No.2, pp. 41-54
- Keywords
- democratic transition ; ethnicity ; violence ; simple majority rule ; consensual democracy ; majoritarian democracy ; nationalism ; Zulu
- Abstract
- One of the most interesting cases of the third wave of democratization around the world is that of
South Africa in 1994. We have a great magnitude of literature on the South African regime change.
Most studies focus on the power struggle between the African National Congress (ANC) and the then
governing National Party (NP) or between the Blacks and the Whites or on the type of democratic
institutions to be adopted in the post-transitional period. Yet, few have addressed the issue of why the
largest black ethnic group of Zulus played a spoiler during the transition to democracy. This study
deals with the issue of why many Zulus, represented by the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), collaborated
with the Whites to wage bloody struggles against other Black brothers, although they themselves
had belonged to the repressed in the system of apartheid. This study begins with an introduction to the
Zulu ethnic group and its nationalism in order to provide preliminary information about who the Zulus are. This is followed by our explanation for why they were engaged in violent conflicts with the other Blacks.
- ISSN
- 1226-8550
- Language
- English
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