Chatsworth : the making of a South African township

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Author:

Desai, Ashwin.

ISBN:

9781869142551

Physical Description:

xxv, 504 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Contents:

Writing Chatsworth: An Introduction / Segregation, Group Areas and the Creation of Chatsworth / Apartheid Removals in South Durban: The Journey of the Durban Bay Fishing Community to Chatsworth / The Son of Matambu / History and Nostalgia: Remembering the Magazine Barracks / The Zanzibaris / A Private Island: Gender and Everyday Struggle in Political Times / Plessislaer, Cato Manor, Shallcross: A Personal Narrative / The Threatened Bus Ban and Political Fissures, 1972 -- 73 / The Politics of a Second Access Route to Chatsworth / The South Durban Indian LAC, 1967 -- 75 / Of Cabals, Butterflies and Detentions: Extra-parliamentary Resistance in the 1980s and its Aftermath / The Flats of Bayview

Abstract:

"In 1960, apartheid's planners created the 'Indian' township of Chatworth, evicting people from established neighbourhoods around Durban and forcibly settling them into the grid of a modern racial ghetto. Making home within this architecture of exclusion, along streets without names, tens of thousands of new residents begin building new lives and new communities, developing an urban space with a unique cultural vibrancy born of creativity and economic struggle."--P. [4] of cover.

Subject Term:

East Indians -- South Africa -- Durban -- History.

East Indians / South Africa / Durban / Social conditions.

Poverty / South Africa / Durban.

Geographic Term:

Chatsworth (Durban, South Africa) -- Economic conditions.

Chatsworth (Durban, South Africa) -- Social conditions.

Chatsworth (Durban, South Africa) -- History.

Chatsworth (Durban, South Africa) / Economic conditions.

Chatsworth (Durban, South Africa) / Social conditions.

Added Author:

Desai, Ashwin.

Vahed, Goolam H., 1961-

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In 1960, apartheid's planners created the 'Indian' township of Chatsworth, evicting people from established neighborhoods around Durban and forcibly settling them into the grid of a modern racial ghetto. Making a home within this architecture of exclusion, along streets without names, tens of thousands of new residents began building new lives and new communities, developing an urban space with a unique cultural vibrancy born of creativity and economic struggle. With the dismantling of 'Group Areas' legislation from 1990, and within South Africa's continually changing political landscape, the Chatsworth township has witnessed innovations of livelihood, shifting boundaries of identity, and protracted social challenges. This book brings together an exhilarating mix of voices that collectively tell the story of Chatsworth's origins, transformations, and ongoing rhythms of daily life. Its narrative richness is further enhanced with classic photographs, some dating back to the period of early settlement, as well as a contemporary photo essay by distinguished photographer, Jenny Gordon.