Govan Mbeki / Colin Bundy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bundy, Colin.

Series:

Ohio short histories of Africa.

Ohio short histories of Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political activists--South Africa--Biography.

Political activists.

Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.

Political prisoners.

South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.

South Africa.

Mbeki, Govan, 1910-2001.

Mbeki, Govan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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. As

Contents:

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?.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"First published by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2012. First published in North America in 2013 by Ohio University Press."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821444597

082144459X

OCLC:

832313956