ABSTRACT
Although South Africa gained its first independence from Britain during the second colonization by the Afrikaners, people of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds were categorized into different social classes. Under this form of colonialism, many South Africans lost pride in their culture and paid less attention to their diverse and rich cultural heritage. Archaeology is the medium through which people can tap into a full comprehension of the African Renaissance. People of non-African origin have dominated the practice of archaeology in South Africa for many years. Africans have been study subjects who had to present themselves to the researchers and have rarely had any research power. Even European scholars have commented that South African archaeology is the 'most colonialist archaeology in Africa'. Archaeologists of Indigenous background in South Africa have a big responsibility to challenge the stereotypes most Africans have about archaeology, which will help ensure that other Indigenous students aspire to be archaeologists.
