Identifying labels among university students in the new South Africa : A retrospective study
Contenu
Type de document
article de périodique
Titre
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Revue/Ouvrage
Journal of Black Studies
Volume-no
Vol.34, n°2
Auteurs/Editeurs scientifiques
Goldschmidt, Myra M.
Nombre de pages
18
Date de publication
2003
Pagination
204-221
Mot-clés
Langue
ang
ISBN/ISSN
0021-9347
Localisation géographique
Afrique du sud
Résumé
This article examines the relationship between political change and university students' sense of identity in South Africa during a 10-year period. Prior to 1994, identity in South Africa was largely based on ethnicity and language; is this still the case today? The new government has not only forced people to face changes in political issues but also changes in identification issues. Nowhere are these issues more striking than in an institution of higher learning, where students from diverse ethnic backgrounds are unified by a similar goal—an education. In an attempt to address the issue of identification, a survey was conducted at Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg, South Africa, to determine if the change in government is causing a change in how people perceive themselves.