Becoming liberal : a history of the National Union of South African students : 1945-1955

The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was established in 1924 as a forum for white South African students. The rise of Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and the establishment of the ultra-nationalist Afrikaanse Studentebond (ANS) led to the disaffiliation from NUSAS of the student bodies of the Afrikaans-medium universities. Until the end of the Second World War, two groups of students jostled for control of NUSAS. The first championed the ideal of a broad white South African national feeling and worked for the return of the Afikaans-speaking centres, while the second group, predominantly left-wing radicals based at Wits, called for NUSAS to become a racially more inclusive organisation and admit Fort Hare to membership.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Historical Studies

Year dc:date.issued

2001

Author dc:creator

• Larkin, Clare

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Phillips, Howard

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7892

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/7892