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Title:Rewriting South Africa's Conservation History: The Role of the Native Farmers Association
Author:Khan, FariedaISNI
Year:1994
Periodical:Journal of Southern African Studies
Volume:20
Issue:4
Period:December
Pages:499-516
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:farmers' associations
environment
agricultural ecology
History and Exploration
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/2636969
Abstract:Arising from the Eurocentric nature of South African conservation history, severe distortions and imbalances exist, particularly with regard to the role and perceptions of blacks. This study addresses some of these shortcomings by recounting the history of the Native Farmers Association (NFA), established in 1918 at Middledrift in the Eastern Cape. The study describes the background to the organization, the role played by D.D.T. Jabavu, one of its founders, and the political nature of the organization. Then it turns to environmental issues addressed by the NFA, such as sound agricultural practices, problems of soil erosion, overstocking and stock culling, and forced removals. Although the effectiveness of the NFA was severely limited by a number of factors, it was the catalyst for the formation of several similar organizations in the Ciskei, Transkei and Eastern Transvaal areas. During its most active period (1918 to the mid-1940s), the NFA fought vigorously for political equality, access to more land, greater economic opportunities and the right to education. An important element of the NFA legacy is that, as a result of the agricultural and soil conservation education wich was propagated through its talks, demonstrations and publications, a formal conservation ethic was being espoused among blacks in South Africa for the first time. Notes, ref., sum.
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