<p>South Africa has a very long history of mural art, beginning with the ancient San or 'Bushmen' painted rock shelter. More recent are the various indigenous African traditions of decorating the homestead, and the wall painting practices of European settlers.</p>

Community Mural Art in South Africa

Arts & Photography

Marschall, Sabine

History & Criticism

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A Brief History of Creation

History

van Dyk, P.J.

Africa

Of Myths and Migration South Africa and immigration is debated in the entire Southern African region, and in wider debates on global migratory trends. This study engages with some strands of this topic, for example South Africa's international legal obligations to immigrants, and its moral obligations to the Southern African countries given the impact of the apartheid regime on the region. It considers the tremendous pressure exerted on South Africa as a relatively prosperous country in a region beset with the kinds of socio-economic conditions and instabilities likely to generate economic migrancy and refugees; and sets this against the reality of the country's capacity and limit...

Of Myths and Migration: Illegal Immigration into South Africa

Business & Money

Solomon, Hussein

Economics

Confusion, struggle, commotion and absurdity: these characterise the urban encounter between the African immigrant community and colonial officials in Douala, Cameroon. Even the physical landscape reflects a painfully enduring history of marginalisation, of exclusion from power and privilege.  This book studies a community of African immigrants - or 'strangers' - designated to quarters in New Bell, Douala, in Cameroon, during the colonial era. New Bell was created in 1914 as part of an extensive urbanisation and relocation plan intended to reserve the Douala city centre for Europeans. New Bell housed thousands of migrants converging on Douala from Cameroon and the entire west coast of Africa. Though never completely evading colonial economic and political agendas, this vastly diverse and sometimes strife-ridden community forged alliances, solidarities, and common experiences in response to their immediate needs and long-terms goals. The author opens up an alternative historical interpretation, moving from earlier views which over-emphasise the increasing conflict and tribalisation of the colonial era. Schler focuses instead on the ability of Africans to bridge differences in culture and experience and live as neighbours in cultural and political spaces transcending postcolonial political boundaries.

The Strangers of New Bell: Immigration, Public Space and Community in Colonial Douala, Cameroon, 1914-1960

Schler, Lynn

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