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The burial of Canon J.A. Calata and the revival of mass‐based opposition in Cradock, South Africa, 1983

The burial of Canon J.A. Calata and the revival of mass‐based opposition in Cradock, South... African Studies, 58, 1, 1999 The Burial of Canon J.A. Calata and the Revival of Mass-Based Opposition in Cradock, South Africa, Michael Tetelman Northwestern University Introduction The funeral took place on a chilly afternoon in late June 1983, in the tiny rural Eastern Cape town of Cradock. The mourners, some five thousand of them, stood in cutting, dusty, dry wind, in the public square of Cradock's dilapidated African township, a township ironically called Lingelihle, or "good effort" in isiXhosa. The eulogies for the great man began to roll forth: shepherd of his people; an African Moses; a committed Christian; a skilled and tireless poli- tician; a man to be cherished for the ages. Certainly, the figures assembled at the funeral bore out the speakers' fulsome praise. Many of these were the stalwarts of the banned African National Congress (ANC) and future leaders of the ANC-aligned United Democratic Front (UDF), which after its inception in August 1983 would become the premier anti-apartheid opposition movement of the 1980s. Prominent clergymen, trade unionists, and regional youth activists also attended, as did this man's faithful township congregants, elders and youth, businessmen, municipal labour- ers, domestic servants and poor farm workers (Tyala 1983; SASPU http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Studies Taylor & Francis

The burial of Canon J.A. Calata and the revival of mass‐based opposition in Cradock, South Africa, 1983

Tetelman, Michael
African Studies , Volume 58 (1): 28 – Jul 1, 1999
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African Studies, 58, 1, 1999 The Burial of Canon J.A. Calata and the Revival of Mass-Based Opposition in Cradock, South Africa, Michael Tetelman Northwestern University Introduction The funeral took place on a chilly afternoon in late June 1983, in the tiny rural Eastern Cape town of Cradock. The mourners, some five thousand of them, stood in cutting, dusty, dry wind, in the public square of Cradock's dilapidated African township, a township ironically called Lingelihle, or "good effort" in isiXhosa. The eulogies for the great man began to roll forth: shepherd of his people; an African Moses; a committed Christian; a skilled and tireless poli- tician; a man to be cherished for the ages. Certainly, the figures assembled at the funeral bore out the speakers' fulsome praise. Many of these were the stalwarts of the banned African National Congress (ANC) and future leaders of the ANC-aligned United Democratic Front (UDF), which after its inception in August 1983 would become the premier anti-apartheid opposition movement of the 1980s. Prominent clergymen, trade unionists, and regional youth activists also attended, as did this man's faithful township congregants, elders and youth, businessmen, municipal labour- ers, domestic servants and poor farm workers (Tyala 1983; SASPU

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Published: Jul 1, 1999

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