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- Title
The formal education journey of Cassim Dangor, 1963-1985: Reflections on education challenges in apartheid South Africa.
- Authors
Vahed, Goolam
- Abstract
Most students who attended the University College, Durban, which was established on Salisbury Island in 1961, were pioneers in two important senses: they were amongst the first to attend a racially exclusive university for Indians, as well being first generation students. Both scenarios presented challenges. This article focuses on the experiences of the Transvaal-born Cassim Dangor who, as an "Indian", faced many restrictive segregationist policies in his attempts to acquire tertiary education. While apartheid is often portrayed as a totalising institution, and despite the fact that individual stories can be esoteric, anecdotal and unrepresentative, a life history methodology provides a means to examine how individuals understood apartheid; how they were affected by it; the ways in which they attempted to make sense of their lives; and how they sought spaces in the system. The article also charts the growth of Pharmacy as a discipline at the university.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; DANGOR, Cassim; UNIVERSITY College, Durban; APARTHEID; HISTORY of education policy; EDUCATION; INDIANS (Asians); LIFE history interviews; PHARMACY education; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Historia, 2014, Vol 59, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
0018-229X
- Publication type
Article