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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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Ohio short histories of Africa |
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Ohio short histories of Africa.
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Introduction : intellectual activist or activist intellectual? -- Home comforts and family histories -- Healdtown and Fort Hare -- Permanent persuader : Mbeki in the Transkei, 1940/1952 -- Township politics : Ladysmith and Port Elizabeth, 1952/1960 -- Mbeki as journalist and author, 1955/1963 -- The road to Rivonia -- Cold comfort: the Robben Island years -- Release, retirement, and a modest revolutionary? |
| Summary |
Govan Mbeki (1910-2001) was a core leader of the African National Congress, the Communist Party, and the armed wing of the ANC during the struggle against apartheid. Known as a hard-liner, Mbeki was a prolific writer and combined in a rare way the attributes of intellectual and activist, political theorist and practitioner. Sentenced to life in prison in 1964 along with Nelson Mandela and others, he was sent to the notorious Robben Island prison, where he continued to write even as tension grew between himself, Mandela, and other leaders over the future of the national liberation movement. This biography analyzes Mbeki's thinking, expressed in his writings over fifty years |
| Notes |
"First published by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2012. First published in North America in 2013 by Ohio University Press."--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mbeki, Govan, 1910-2001
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| SUBJECT |
Mbeki, Govan, 1910-2001 fast (OCoLC)fst01723217 |
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Political activists -- South Africa -- Biography
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Political prisoners -- South Africa -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.
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Political activists.
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Political prisoners.
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Politics and government
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125489
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South Africa.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
082144459X |
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9780821444597 |
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