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Rainbow Nation Discourses among Black Millennial History Teachers in Relation to Post-Apartheid South African History

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  • Author(s): Fezeka Gxwayibeni (ORCID Fezeka Gxwayibeni (ORCID 0000-0003-4433-6043); Marshall Tamuka Maposa (ORCID Marshall Tamuka Maposa (ORCID 0000-0001-9264-2569)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    South African Journal of Education. 2023 43(2).
  • Publication Date:
    2023
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      10
    • Subject Terms:
      Blacks; History Instruction; Language Usage; Social Change; Racial Segregation; Social Media; Phenomenology; Photography; Teacher Attitudes; Violence; Age Groups; Colonialism; Self Concept; Social Integration; Intergroup Relations; Foreign Countries; Discourse Analysis; Teacher Characteristics
    • Subject Terms:
      South Africa
    • ISSN:
      0256-0100
      2076-3433
    • Abstract:
      Generational experiences create unique contextualised meanings for society. This is the case with millennials in South Africa, many of whom use social media to organise their lives and engage with issues pertinent to them, such as South Africa being a rainbow nation. Some of these millennials are history teachers who, when at work, have to teach an official history which may contradict some of their social media engagements. This motivated this article of which the aim was to identify the dominant conversations when relating to the rainbow nation among a selected group of Black millennial history teachers. In this interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) we used a qualitative approach in which 10 participants were involved in photo elicitation, semi-structured interviews, and focus-group discussions. Data were thematically analysed. The findings reflect millennials mainly engaged with violence, coloniality, victory, unity, and identity. The findings further suggest that the discourses were both contending and overlapping. We argue that millennial history teachers in South Africa hold different views about the rainbow nation: even though they paint the notion with predominant negativity, there is evidence of underlying positivity about it.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1418061