The South African Outlook

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The magazine The South African Outlook (abbr. SAOL or SAO) was a South African periodical publication of the Lovedale Mission Press in Fort Hare . It was published from 1922 to 1996 and made a significant contribution to the political and emancipatory development among the native population of South Africa. Before and during the apartheid period , critical-analytical contributions presented aspects of politics and society in southern Africa. This made it an organ of the Christian Council of South Africa and received international attention.

history

The magazine was first published under the name South African Outlook in 1922. It was derived from the monthly The Kaffir Express (printed and edited by Lovedale Missionary Institution Press), which was created by the Lovedale Mission publishing house and founded in 1870, and from 1876 on The Christian Express (printed and editing: Lovedale Institution Press). Its founder was James Stewart , the principal of the Lovedale Mission School .

The South African Outlook published positions on missionary work , education and integration efforts as well as civic issues within the political system of South Africa from the point of view of the United Free Church of Scotland Mission .

In this magazine, on the basis of widely ramified mission structures, reports on African topics beyond South Africa could also be reported. In the article Select Bibliography for missionaries working in Africa from 1931, Isaac Schapera and John David Rheinallt Jones attempted a bibliographical collection on topics of missionary work in Africa.

During the apartheid period, for example , the authors reported on the large population shifts caused by legal and military violence, torture and ill-treatment and illegal military activities in South Africa outside its borders. With the published opinions were contributions of Black Theology ( Black theology ), political theology and beyond the requirements of ecumenism reflected in the South African context.

On the basis of this profile, the magazine developed into an alternative source of information for the international public, as it provided critical news about the heavily isolated internal conditions in South Africa.

From 1965 to 1993 Francis AH Wilson worked as editor of the South African Outlook. In 1975, on the occasion of the centenary of this magazine, including its forerunners, there was a special issue with an article on Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi , the "father of Xhosa poetry".

This journalistic tradition was revived in January 1999 with the founding of the New South African Outlook as the Journal of Theology for Southern Africa under the editorship of UNISA . This magazine appears twice a year and focuses on social and political aspects in southern Africa .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert HW Shepherd: Lovedale South Africa. The Story of a Century 1841-1941 . The Lovedale Press, 1940, pp. 407-408
  2. ^ University of Cape Town, Archival Platform: South African Council of Churches . at www.archivalplatform.org (English)
  3. ^ Suzette Heald: Isaac Schapera: A Bibliography . The Schapera Project, University of Botswana, accessed October 11, 2010, English
  4. ↑ James R. Cochrane: Editorial . New South African Outlook, Vol. 1, 1999 ( August 23, 2007 memento in the Internet Archive ), accessed October 11, 2010, English
  5. ^ Curriculum Vitae, Francis Wilson, University of Cape Town, Southern Africa Labor and Development Research Unit ( Memento of July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 1, 2010, English
  6. ↑ SEK Mqhayi: The table of contents of the writings of SEK Mqhayi . Retrieved October 11, 2010, in English
  7. ^ Indiana University: New South African outlook . bibliographic entry on www.iucat.iu.edu (English)
  8. ↑ University of Cape Town: Curriculum Vitae related to Social Responsiveness (2006): Professor Jim Cochrane of the African Religious Health Assets Program (ARHAP) . In: University of Cape Town, Social Responsiveness Report 2006, p. 14 (PDF document p. 16), online at www.staff.uct.ac.za (English)
  9. ^ University of South Africa : New South African Outlook (magazine) ( Memento of December 24, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Brief description of UNISA online, at www.archive.is (English)

further reading

  • Francis Wilson (ed.), Dominique Perrot (ed.): Outlook on a century: South Africa 1870-1970 . Lovedale, CP, Lovedale Press, 1973, ISBN 0869750089