Schirmer oral interviews, Lydenburg district

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	interviews oral history
Producer	Stefan Schirmer
Coverage	1990-1993
Works using it	3

Debates

Debate	Works
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry	1
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control	1
Resistance and liberation movements	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Schirmer (1994)	Oral interviews by the author with residents and chiefs' councils (Masha, Manok, Boomplaats, Mosterthoek), 1990-1993	1990-1993	Evidence on productivity, migrancy, identity, ICU/ANC membership and memories of removals and conflicts.
Schirmer (1995)	Oral history interviews with ex-residents of Lydenburg (dozens, 1990-1993; e.g. Sekwati Hlatswayo, Rose Masilela, Letta Mabuza, Monica Letsoane)	interviews 1990-1993, recalling 1930s-1960s	Supplies evidence of African consciousness, family struggles, motives for resisting Chapter Four, and decisions to migrate or stay.
Schirmer (2004)	Interview with Bryna Davis, Lydenburg, 1990	1990	Anecdotal evidence of cooperatives handing out new tractors on easy terms after 1948.