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3486734550fc4d1c0e91a3d10fa82c65db3baf02	mafeje and achille mbembe disagreed about the concept	mafeje and achille mbembe disagreed about the concept of afro-pessimism. in his book on the postcolony, mbembe criticised what he saw as a pervasive african belief in the inevitability of decline and failure, which he termed "afro-pessimism". mafeje, in turn, disagreed with mbembe's characterisation of the concept, arg...	wikipedia
8bf2a9f379356f32c03d7f6aff49afa93bf068ad	in his works, mafeje emphasises the need for	in his works, mafeje emphasises the need for african intellectuals to be actively engaged in the struggle for social and political transformation, rather than being mere academic observers. he argues for the need to "indigenise" knowledge production by grounding it in african experiences and perspectives, rather than r...	wikipedia
30de3d36b7c716e159d8e40cd074dcbcd03df5e1	there was a notable debate between mafeje and	there was a notable debate between mafeje and ali mazrui in the early 1990s, centred around the concept of " africanity " and the role of african intellectuals in defining and shaping african culture and identity. mazrui argued for a more expansive definition of africanity encompassing the continent's diverse cultural ...	wikipedia
0cd5957020945d3cb9e6fcd6fa138a6964035acc	harold wolpe and mafeje had a famous debate	harold wolpe and mafeje had a famous debate in the 1970s about the nature of the south african economy and the role of migrant labour in its development. wolpe argued that the economy was based on exploiting black labour, which was separated from the land and confined to the homelands. mafeje argued that wolpe's view w...	wikipedia
4d1513608f8a748ed5190654b721d38032ee3882	livingstone mqotsi, a south african activist and scholar,	livingstone mqotsi, a south african activist and scholar, responded to both mafeje and first in an article titled "after soweto: another response". in his article, mqotsi criticises mafeje's focus on the "spontaneous" nature of the soweto uprising, arguing that it resulted from long-standing grievances and organised re...	wikipedia
ca80efe0766ec13ba8c1d973e205e4c117337ac2	first's article, "after soweto: a response" was a	first's article, "after soweto: a response" was a critical response to mafeje's "soweto and its aftermath". first argued that mafeje's analysis was too limited and failed to fully address the complexities and nuances of the situation in south africa at the time. she believed that mafeje placed too much emphasis on the ...	wikipedia
f856ab26003837a138e65b42ddb50bdbc2420a54	mafeje and ruth first disagreed on the soweto	mafeje and ruth first disagreed on the soweto uprising in 1976. mafeje wrote an article critiquing the apartheid government's response to the uprising and broadly analysing the political and economic conditions that led to it. mafeje argued that the uprising manifested broader social and economic tensions in south afri...	wikipedia
0e1d19ec2ed03321b5f53ea516cdc7f414761b24	mafeje engaged in a series of debates and	mafeje engaged in a series of debates and polemics with scholars such as ruth first, harold wolpe, ali mazrui, achille mbembe, and sally falk moore, who was an anthropologist and chair at harvard university.	wikipedia
08d148af1c199f5df1c1f08fe7afa12a64e54dbb	in his work "the ideology of 'tribalism'", he	in his work "the ideology of 'tribalism'", he challenges the notion of tribalism as a political and social concept. he argues that the idea of tribalism is a colonial construct used to justify domination and exploitation, and perpetuate divisions and inequalities in postcolonial african societies. he explores the histo...	wikipedia
96183a9ce4028b0d76ff292fa34894f44382cb93	mafeje was one of the first academics to	mafeje was one of the first academics to dedicate himself to deconstructing the ideology of tribalism. his work demonstrates a shift from his earlier liberal functionalist views towards a more radical and critical perspective on african societies and their history. mafeje was critical of liberal functionalism, a theore...	wikipedia
4f8eed65acfbceedd8aa39c6b7afbee8fe0d19e0	mafeje had a critical view of ethnography, which	mafeje had a critical view of ethnography, which he believed to be a product of colonialism and imperialism. he argued that ethnography, as a tool of western social science, tended to create a distorted and exoticised image of african societies and was often used to justify colonial domination and exploitation. mafeje'...	wikipedia
c50180fe56fe2802976d36af95046f9032239c9d	mafeje was critical of the mainstream development theories	mafeje was critical of the mainstream development theories of his time, which he saw as perpetuating this unequal relationship. mafeje was also critical of africa's academic and intellectual establishment, which he saw as being too closely aligned with colonial power structures. he believed that african scholars and in...	wikipedia
742d6bc8a7ed7ed9aed9213fe664d874af099962	mafeje scholarly work significantly contributed to the decolonisation	mafeje scholarly work significantly contributed to the decolonisation of african identity and its historical past, criticising anthropology's typically eurocentric techniques and beliefs. he demanded that imperialist and western ideals be eliminated from black african anthropology, which led to an examination of the di...	wikipedia
02bb10fa22067c250268bcb1b31e87a6d33f15c4	considered an important pan-african intellectual, mafeje studied and	considered an important pan-african intellectual, mafeje studied and wrote about african history and anthropology. mafeje published highly influential sociological essays and books in the fields of development and agrarian studies, economic models, politics, and the politics of social scientific knowledge production in...	wikipedia
cacbd33a69c401b2d9a729f11edd0f14dc0b5372	in exile, mafeje shared animosity with white south	in exile, mafeje shared animosity with white south african communist party (sacp) members, including joe slovo, dan o'meara and duncan innes. mafeje accused them of " white superiority " and "ideological superiority", although duncan innes was integral to the mafeje affair protest in 1968.	wikipedia
64df1209c1d36ee8033c7a2fb7d0c79b51c2ebf0	mafeje was an anti-apartheid activist in exile. his	mafeje was an anti-apartheid activist in exile. his ideology was rooted in a marxist and anti-colonial perspective. he believed that africa's underdevelopment was a direct result of its history of colonialism, which had created a dependent and unequal relationship between africa and colonial powers in the west. mafeje ...	wikipedia
e99ede50556bc93f6061cd92f4975c10d1848466	mafeje held lenin and mao in great esteem,	mafeje held lenin and mao in great esteem, but not trotsky, whom mafeje accused of being a eurocentrist. however, according to bongani nyoka, trotsky's "letter to south african revolutionaries" refutes this notion. mafeje believed that socialism in one country is insufficient to bring about genuine social transformatio...	wikipedia
4db46f395334521387633081c634e14979dca48d	mafeje was critical of neoclassical economic theories that,	mafeje was critical of neoclassical economic theories that, according to him, underpinned many of africa's land and agricultural policies, which he argued were often based on flawed assumptions and failed to account for the complexities of african societies. one of these was the liberal notion of poverty alleviation, w...	wikipedia
78a431351181d5c0d796cb98390272ceac97a0c0	the "landless peasantry" issue remained essential to mafeje's	the "landless peasantry" issue remained essential to mafeje's work, although he later became critical of the unity movement. he was particularly interested in land ownership and resource allocation issues, and argued that the apartheid system was built on a foundation of unjust land distribution and exploitation. mafej...	wikipedia
6b56041b0ebe9411e29bc9d3d84842dc2b01e9e6	mafeje was part of soya and the african	mafeje was part of soya and the african peoples' democratic union of southern africa (apdusa) which later became the non-european unity movement. apdusa and the non-european unity movement argued for non-collaboration with oppressors. they campaigned for complete democratic rights for all oppressed peoples based on its...	wikipedia
efab5147ff684314cb9936c823c82cebacf6661b	mafeje was perceived by his peers as an	mafeje was perceived by his peers as an independent thinker who was also extraordinarily "difficult", and by his students as someone who did "not suffer fools gladly". during one of his lectures, thandika mkandawire asked mafeje to clarify or otherwise comment on condemning the unions that participated in the strikes i...	wikipedia
02c49bb6e54037173bb4f7903ac99a1fbac0468d	mafeje married nomfundo noruwana, a nurse, in 1961,	mafeje married nomfundo noruwana, a nurse, in 1961, and the two of them had a son, xolani, in 1962. they divorced within a few years. mafeje married shahida el-baz in 1977; they had a daughter, dana. mafeje had to convert to islam before they were wed because el-baz was muslim. in his later years, mafeje would describe...	wikipedia
b5e711ca0846197c3c4955475cc9fc6c2cf16d48	mafeje served as a senior fellow and guest	mafeje served as a senior fellow and guest lecturer at several north american, european, and african colleges and research centres. throughout his career, mafeje was a consultant to the food and agriculture organization (fao). in 2000, mafeje returned to south africa after spending more than 30 years in exile to take t...	wikipedia
a5a16f9e63fda332d7165615a9ff7565521649ea	mafeje joined the southern africa political economy series	mafeje joined the southern africa political economy series (sapes) trust in harare, zimbabwe, in 1991 on a visiting fellowship. however, mafeje left in the same year due to a disagreement with the trust's executive director, ibbo mandaza, who wanted mafeje to keep 09:00 to 17:00 office hours. in 1992, mafeje began a on...	wikipedia
1a36e0477b64eb1da61c5878966136ceb31aa3cb	with mafeje's assistance, the council for the development	with mafeje's assistance, the council for the development of social science research in africa (codesria) was founded in 1973. he was appointed professor of sociology and anthropology at american university in cairo (auc) in 1978 until 1990, and later in 1994. he was known for not giving his students tests, as he prefe...	wikipedia
076db46151f60de9f3c8621c4ef22c206cd657a7	mafeje assumed a senior lecturer position in 1969,	mafeje assumed a senior lecturer position in 1969, before becoming a full professor and the head of the sociology department, at the university of dar es salaam in tanzania. however, he was seriously injured in a vehicle accident in 1971, after which he had to leave for europe for reconstructive surgery. he did not ret...	wikipedia
0b77a1346413d005cee1bc0dd56b77dc725546b1	in 2002, uct vice-chancellor njabulo ndebele re-opened the	in 2002, uct vice-chancellor njabulo ndebele re-opened the matter of the so-called mafeje affair. in 2003, uct officially apologised to mafeje and offered him an honorary doctorate, but he did not respond to uct's offer. in 2008, after mafeje's death, on the incident's 40th anniversary, uct formally apologised to mafej...	wikipedia
3639a371bf0c5c6dc24a673b0183c388803b10ab	mafeje pursued a career abroad. in the 1990s,	mafeje pursued a career abroad. in the 1990s, during the negotiations to end apartheid, uct would offer mafeje his 1968 senior lecturer position on a one-year contract, but he declined the position as he was already a well-established professor. mafeje said he found the offer "most demeaning". in 1994, mafeje applied f...	wikipedia
a83efdbc01c9a032f60a3e8cc4ff44672ee60913	in an interview in london, mafeje said "the	in an interview in london, mafeje said "the whole thing is so superficial. the students talk about this university autonomy business. but do they think they can have a free university in a society that is not free". he continued, 'suppose i had been allowed to join the faculty of cape town university would they have pr...	wikipedia
9c0685a7429cabcdf71babd6308897efae35f421	the council's decision angered uct's students and led	the council's decision angered uct's students and led to protests followed by a sit-in, on 15 august 1968, to pressure the council to reverse the decision. the sit-in gained international coverage and was considered part of the global protests of 1968 that received support from students mounting barricades in paris and...	wikipedia
d6fa4d206ba3ff0a4dba876739640e79ab119c90	mafeje sought to return to uct and applied	mafeje sought to return to uct and applied for a senior lecturer post that uct widely advertised in august 1967. he was unanimously offered a post as senior lecturer of social anthropology by the uct council. by law, the uct could only admit white students unless suitable courses were not available at black universitie...	wikipedia
56eb6e54db743aec518ff96cddafdd5df9be2b06	although personally you are not to blame and,	although personally you are not to blame and, in fact, you did everything to help, you are associated with this experience in cambridge. your frequent charge that i was ungrateful to you for the various things you had done for me... did not make me feel any better. as a matter of fact, i began to wonder why you continu...	wikipedia
8619f5e5a02266f261464ac73eeedc956825dba8	on 16 august 1963, mafeje spoke to a	on 16 august 1963, mafeje spoke to a group that was gathered illegally and as a result was detained. he was sent to flagstaff to stand trial. he was fined and sent back to cape town instead of being prosecuted. mafeje then moved to the uk initially as a research assistant at the university of cambridge after being reco...	wikipedia
bd329c1dcbbafbd9df45f4132bee3daf813e6c7c	monica wilson supervised mafeje's master's project. mafeje used	monica wilson supervised mafeje's master's project. mafeje used his knowledge of the xhosa language and his father's connections to complete fieldwork in langa between november 1960 and september 1962. mafeje published part of this independently, and then monica wilson wrote a scientific paper based on the work titled ...	wikipedia
3450a249ac8bfa2d79da662fb5d9f0c54bc3ddda	mafeje enrolled in the university of cape town	mafeje enrolled in the university of cape town (uct) in 1957, joining a minority of less than twenty non-white students on a campus of five thousand. at uct, he initially enrolled for a bachelor of science (bsc) in biology but failed to pass the required courses. mafeje recalled that as a biology student in the late 19...	wikipedia
ea5f8222a72848e430848addf460f5908c71baa4	mafeje then matriculated in 1954 to healdtown comprehensive	mafeje then matriculated in 1954 to healdtown comprehensive school in fort beaufort, a methodist missionary with a list of alumni that includes nelson mandela and robert sobukwe. there, mafeje was deeply influenced by livingstone mqotsi, a history teacher, and started participating actively in groups connected to the n...	wikipedia
cf6d8c9605e7f97a57794739e34b0f79e27444a3	in 1951 and 1952, mafeje completed his junior	in 1951 and 1952, mafeje completed his junior certificate at nqabara secondary school, a methodist missionary school in willowvale. there, nathaniel honono, the school's headmaster and leader of the cape african teachers' association (cata), introduced mafeje and other pupils to the politics of the non-european unity m...	wikipedia
53094abf3ddc380b29192dbe23c803db7789f691	archibald boyce monwabisi mafeje was born on 30	archibald boyce monwabisi mafeje was born on 30 march 1936 in gubenxa, a remote village in the ngcobo (thembuland), cape province, union of south africa. the mafeje isiduko (clan name) comes from the mpondomise, a xhosa sub-ethnic group. his father, bennett, was the headmaster of gubenxa junior school, and his mother, ...	wikipedia
ab92bd8d3a3dd4e2bc9403bb03e2d969e6b29250	a marxist, mafeje as a social theorist was	a marxist, mafeje as a social theorist was known for his critiques of colonialism, apartheid, and other forms of oppression in africa. a prominent member of the african left, he was critical of western academic traditions and argued for developing an african-centered approach to social theory and anthropology. mafeje's...	wikipedia
ee49cd9c4e9cf45169373d0d2eae1916fee9558b	in exile, mafeje participated in anti-apartheid activism. his	in exile, mafeje participated in anti-apartheid activism. his work in anthropology was closely tied to his political activism, and he used his scholarship as a tool to critique the social and economic structures that underpinned the apartheid system in south africa. he was particularly interested in land ownership and ...	wikipedia