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| Titel: |
News constructs of customary identity versus democratic practice: the case of Lindiwe Dlamini and Mswati III of Swaziland |
| Auteur: |
Prinsloo, Jeanne |
| Verschenen in: |
Communicatio |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 33 (2007) nr. 1 pagina's 77-95 |
| Jaar: |
2007-07 |
| Inhoud: |
If colonial Africa was governed through 'indirect rule' or 'decentralised despotism' (Mamdani 1996:8), its legacy remains surprisingly intact post independence. If the notion of the tribe lay at the heart of indirect rule and was effected by institutional segregation, such identities were discursively produced and sustained by being constantly flagged through a range of institutional structures in order to produce 'willing subjects' (Foucault 1977). The media has increasingly played a central role in flagging such identities as well as those that contest them, notably a civil identity. This article examines how ethnic identity continues to be discursively deployed in opposition to democratic governance by focusing on one incident, namely the choice of the Swazi monarch's twelfth bride at the annual Reed Dance and its contestation by the bride's mother. The Times of Swaziland covered this dispute and provides an interesting case study. The analysis identifies how the contestations between customary and human rights discourses in this one African location are variously deployed and negotiated by the social actors in this instance, and it teases out the contradictions and tensions between them. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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