Thabo Mbeki : The Dream Deferred / Mark Gevisser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gevisser, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--South Africa--Biography.

Presidents.

South Africa--Politics and government--1994-.

South Africa.

South Africa--Politics and government--1948-1994.

Mbeki, Thabo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 p.)

Edition:

Updated edition.

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg : Jonathan Ball Publishers, [2022]

Summary:

Hailed in the Times Literary Supplement as 'probably the finest piece of non-fiction to come out of South Africa since the end of apartheid', The Dream Deferred is back in print and updated with a brilliant new epilogue. The prosperous Mbeki clan lost everything to apartheid. Yet the family saw its favourite son, Thabo, rise to become president of South Africa in 1999. A decade later, Mbeki was ousted by his own party and his legacy is bitterly contested - particularly over his handling of the AIDS epidemic and the crisis in Zimbabwe. Through the story of the Mbeki family, award-wining journalist Mark Gevisser tells the gripping tale of the last tumultuous century of South Africa life, following the family's path to make sense of the liberation struggle and the future that South Africa has inherited. At the centre of the story is Mbeki, a visionary yet tragic figure who led South Africa to freedom but was not able to overcome the difficulties of his own dislocated life. It is 15 years since Mbeki was unceremoniously dumped by the ANC, giving rise to the wasted years under Jacob Zuma. With the benefit of hindsight, and as Mbeki reaches the age of 80, Gevisser examines the legacy of the man who succeeded Mandela. '…essential reading for anyone intrigued by South Africa's complex philosopher-king.' - The Economist

Contents:

Introduction: Thabo Mbeki and the dream deferred

The Mbekis: The "Black Jews" of the frontier

The Moeranes: Chekov in the Transkei

The new Africans

Mbewuleni: "A place of seed"

Family

: Queenstown: The African springtime orchestra

Lovedale "Africa's best and brightest"

Fatherhood

Johannesburg: fringe country

Becoming a communist: "an honour bestowed upon me"

Into exile

Sussex man

Favorite son

Swinging London: old left, new left

Moscow man

"Not quite home": Lusaka and marriage

Swaziland: front line

Govan and Epainette

The disappearance of Jama Mbeki

Nigeria: "the real Africa":

The national interferer

Party man

The diplomat

The seducer

Parallel paths to power

Reunions

Coming home

Sidelining

Into power

Transition: the battle over the economy

The arms deal: South Africa's poisoned well

Mandela and Mbeki: "one good native"

Mbeki and AIDS: "yes, we are diseased!"

Mbeki and Zimbabwe: "red-telephone diplomacy

Home

Cariolanus at Polokwane: the fall of Thabo Mbeki.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781776191994

OCLC:

1409030263