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Bophuthatswana

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Bo·phu·tha·tswa·na  (b-ptät-swän)
A former autonomous Black homeland of northern South Africa. It was granted nominal independence in December 1977 and was dissolved and reintegrated into South Africa under the 1994 constitution.


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Although 90% of the population are not Tswana speakers, the area was nevertheless incorporated into the ostensibly Tswana "homeland" of Bophuthatswana when it was granted independence in December 1977.
Jacobs, "The Great Bophuthatswana Donkey Massacre: Discourse on the Ass and the Politics of the Class and Grass," American Historical Review 106, 2 (2001): 485-507.
The best such a scheme offers is a mini-state along the lines of the old South African bantustan of Bophuthatswana.
 
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