Donald L DonhamViolence in a Time of Liberation
Murder and Ethnicity at a South African Gold Mine, 1994
Donald L. Donham is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Marxist Modern: An Ethnographic History of the Ethiopian Revolution; History, Power, Ideology: Central Issues in Marxism and Anthropology; and Work and Power in Maale, Ethiopia.
Preface ix
Groups at Cinderella in 1994 xi
Local Timeline in Relation to National Liberation xiii
Introduction 1
1. Picturing a South African Gold Mine 11
Photo gallery by Santu Mofokeng 25
2. White Stories 45
3. Ways of Dying 69
4. Good Friday at Cinderella 88
5. Freeing Workers and Erasing History 110
6. Unionization from Above 125
7. Motives for Murder 151
8. The Aftermath. "They Were Enjoying Our Freedom" 174
Conclusion 186
Postscript. Doing Fieldwork at the End of Apartheid 189
Notes 197
Bibliography 217
Index 231