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Articles · No 15-16 (2008): Afrika Zamani: Revue annuelle d’histoire africaine

Acculturation and Botswana Migrant Miners in South Africa, 1930–1980

  • Wazha G. Morapedi
    Wazha G. Morapedi
    History Department, University of Botswana.
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· 2008 N°15-16 Afrika Zamani: Revue annuelle d’histoire africaine AZ

Résumé

Cet article analyse l’acculturation des mineurs migrants du Botswana qui ont travaillé dans les mines sud-africaines entre 1930 et 1980. Il montre comment le système minier de concession a affecté les pratiques culturelles Botswana. L’étude affirme que certains Botswanais ont fini par vivre de façon permanente en Afrique du Sud, et ont adopté les langues et les pratiques culturelles des Sud-Africains. Ils sont ainsi connus au Botswana comme les Makgweelwa..Cependant, l’article révèle que les Botswanais ont pourtant maintenu le contact avec leurs familles et leurs proches chez eux, et qu’une acculturation complète n’a pas réellement eu lieu. Il soutient que les Botswanais dans les mines d’Afrique du Sud ont conservé leur langue et pratiques culturelles, et qu’aucune langue dominante n’existait dans les concessions. Le système de concession a également aidé à réduire l’acculturation en ce s ns que les hommes étaient logés séparément selon leurs origines ethniques.

Acculturation and Botswana Migrant Miners in South Africa, 1930–1980

This paper analyzes the acculturation of Botswana mine migrants who worked in the South African mines between 1930 and 1980. It shows how the compound mine system affected Botswana cultural practices. The study argues that some Botswana men ended up living permanently in South Africa and taking up the languages and cultural practices of South Africans and they came to be known in Botswana as Makgweelwa. However, the paper reveals that Botswana men kept contact with their families and relatives back home and that complete acculturation was not pronounced. It argues that Botswana men in the South African mines maintained their language and cultural practices, and that no dominant language existed in the compounds. The compound system also helped lessen acculturation because men were housed separately according to their ethnicities.

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Migration Acculturation Language activité minière

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  • Wazha G. Morapedi

    History Department, University of Botswana.

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