Dr Rachel Johnson's Outputs (2)

Narrating the Nation: Murals and Tapestry in the Indian and South African Parliaments (2016)
Book Chapter
Johnson, R. E., & Rai, S. (2016). Narrating the Nation: Murals and Tapestry in the Indian and South African Parliaments. In A. Virmani (Ed.), Political Aesthetics: Culture, Critique and the Everyday. Routledge

‘The day that fell off the calendar’: 16 June, South African newspapers, and the making of a national holiday, 1977–1996 (2016)
Journal Article
Johnson, R. E. (2016). ‘The day that fell off the calendar’: 16 June, South African newspapers, and the making of a national holiday, 1977–1996. Journal of Southern African Studies, 42(6), 1143-1160. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2016.1256145

This article explores the repertoire of commemorative activities that developed around the anniversary of the fatal 16 June 1976 Soweto schoolchildren’s march against the imposition of Afrikaans. It uses the coverage of 16 June commemorations from 19... Read More about ‘The day that fell off the calendar’: 16 June, South African newspapers, and the making of a national holiday, 1977–1996.