African nationalist press (Abantu-Batho, Umteteli, Ilanga etc.)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	newspapers periodicals
Producer	African presses
Coverage	1912-1933
Works using it	3

Debates

Debate	Works
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry	1
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	1
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War	1
Finance, capital flight, the 1985 debt crisis and banking	1
Historiographical approaches	1
Resistance and liberation movements	1
The state and capital: instrumentalism, autonomy and fractions of capital	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Breckenridge (1995)	Abantu Batho (29 July, 26 Aug 1920); Umteteli wa Bantu (7 Aug 1920); Star (21 Sept 1931); Rand Daily Mail Mining and Finance News (14 Nov 1933)	1920-1933	Shows African political and elite opinion on the withdrawal of gold in 1920 and later pricing of gold in London.
Morrell (1990)	The Advertizer (26 April 1912) and Ilanga (letter of J Ray Msimang, 29 June 1921)	1912, 1921	Reports of NAU resolutions and an African critique of NAD silence.
Switzer (1990)	Other African and nationalist newspapers quoted in Imvo (Abantu-Batho, Workers' Herald, Ilanga lase Natal, Umteteli wa Bantu; Christian Express)	1920s	Used for comparison to argue Imvo's treatment of popular resistance matched other 'responsible' African journals; Umteteli letter for Ncwana, Christian Express for the Israelites.