The Association Young Africa and its context with special reference to Trafalgar High School

This thesis examines the social orientations of the members of the Association Young Africa (AYA), and the circumstances that surrounded the founding of the organization at Trafalgar High School. It endeavours to place these elements in their personal lives as students, their arrests and imprisonment on Robben Island, and the very limited developments that followed on the mainland after their release. The research is important because its central focus, the history of the AYA, is unrecorded. Its significance stems from the fact that the AYA was the first militant student group from the Cape to plan action of a violent nature against state oppression.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Historical Studies

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Hess, Albert

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Saunders, Christopher

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8168

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8168