Publication

This report summarizes data collected between July 1999 and September 2001 from South Africa and 10 other African countries. It addresses the political role of social identity and asks whether there have been any tangible shifts in identity with democratic governance. The report begins with evidence from South Africa and compares that to the other nations. The results highlight that South Africa can learn from the rest of Africa about identity, particularly from the processes of post-independence nationbuilding. The report concludes that while national identity is transcendent, it coexists with high levels of social and group identity.