Boil analysis

• Source analysis


  Evaluating the reliability and usefulness of historical sources
• Values and limitations of sources need to be considered when studying history
• Steve Biko: 'Basically Black Consciousness refers itself to the black man and to his situation, and I think the Black man is subjected to two forces in this country.'
• Black Consciousness


  • It was a continuation of the struggle for national liberation in South Africa
  • It had a different approach and methods/tactics compared to previous movements
  • The vision was the same - to liberate the oppressed black majority from white supremacy
• When the ANC and PAC were banned

  They went underground and formed resistance armies (Umkhonto we Sizwe and POQO)
• During 1968-1977


  It was a brutal and cruel time for liberation movements, with thousands going into exile and others imprisoned
• When Black Consciousness came into the picture in the late 1960s


  The government initially allowed it to operate, thinking it aligned with apartheid's separate development ideology
• Oppression of the black man


  • External through institutionalised machinery (laws, work conditions, poor education)
  • Internal through self-rejection and equating 'good' with 'white'
• No source is truly unbiased, there will always be an element of bias
• The reliability of a source is analysed based on four components: bias, origin, intention, and limitations
• Bias


  An inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair
• Bias needs to be considered in each of the components when analysing a source's reliability
• Origin


  Where the source comes from, which affects its reliability
• When discussing origin, always mention the bias of a source
• Intention


  Why the source has been made (to inform, honour, criticise, persuade, educate)
• Sources can have multiple intentions