Archie Mafeje

South African scholar-activist

Archibald Boyce Monwabisi Mafeje (30 March 1936 – 28 March 2007), commonly known as Archie Mafeje, was a South African scholar and activist. Born in the Eastern Cape, he got degrees from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Cambridge University.[1] He became a professor at universities in Europe, the Americas, and Africa, but spent most of his career away from apartheid South Africa after he was banned from teaching at UCT.[2][1][3] Mafeje was one of many anti-apartheid activists in exile. As an important Pan-African intellectual, he studied African history and anthropology and wrote about the anti-apartheid movement.[4][5] After he died, other scholars wrote books about his work.[6][7]

Archie Mafeje
Mafeje in 1961
Born
Archibald Boyce Monwabisi Mafeje

(1936-03-30)March 30, 1936
Died(2007-03-28)March 28, 2007
Occupation(s)Activist, professor

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ntsebeza, Lungisile (2016). "What Can We Learn from Archie Mafeje about the Road to Democracy in South Africa?". Development and Change. 47 (4): 918–936. doi:10.1111/dech.12244. ISSN 1467-7660.
  2. "The 1968 "Mafeje Affair" sit-in, 50 years on | Libraries Special Collections". University of Cape Town Special Collections. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  3. Hendricks, Fred (2008-12-01). "The Mafeje Affair: The University of Cape Town and Apartheid". African Studies. 67 (3): 423–451. doi:10.1080/00020180802505061. ISSN 0002-0184. S2CID 145251370.
  4. Mafeje, Archie (1986). "South Africa: The Dynamics of a Beleaguered State". African Journal of Political Economy / Revue Africaine d'Economie Politique. 1 (1): 95–119. ISSN 1017-4974. JSTOR 23500221.
  5. Lekaba, Frank (2016-03-15). "Archie Mafeje: An unforgettable African intellectual giant | Pambazuka News". Pambazuka News. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  6. Nyoka, Bongani (2020-08-01). The Social and Political Thought of Archie Mafeje. NYU Press. ISBN 978-1-77614-598-0.
  7. Nabudere, D. Wadada (2011). Archie Mafeje: Scholar, Activist and Thinker. African Books Collective. ISBN 978-0-7983-0286-9.