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OverviewGovan 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 one of the greatest leaders of the antiapartheid movement, and the father of Thabo Mbeki, president of South Africa from 1999 to 2008, the elder Mbeki holds a unique position in South African politics and history. This biography by noted historian Colin Bundy goes beyond the narrative details of his long life: it analyzes his thinking, expressed in his writings over fifty years. Bundy helps establish what is distinctive about Mbeki: as African nationalist and as committed Marxist-and more than any other leader of the liberation movement-he sought to link theory and practice, ideas and action. Drawing on exclusive interviews Bundy did with Mbeki, careful analysis of his writings, and the range of scholarship about his life, this biography is personal, reflective, thoroughly researched, and eminently readable. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Colin BundyPublisher: Ohio University Press Imprint: Ohio University Press Dimensions: Width: 10.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 17.80cm Weight: 0.136kg ISBN: 9780821420461ISBN 10: 0821420461 Pages: 168 Publication Date: 09 April 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews[This] thoughtful biography...examines the ways in which [Govan Mbeki] placed greater emphasis than many other cadres on the political importance of rural people....This is a very accomplished monograph. Neither sentimental nor vague and dispassionate, Bundy distils Mbeki's legacy as that of writer, teacher and revolutionary, albeit one who had participated in a 'modest revolution.' -- Journal of African History [This] thoughtful biographyexamines the ways in which [Govan Mbeki] placed greater emphasis than many other cadres on the political importance of rural people.This is a very accomplished monograph. Neither sentimental nor vague and dispassionate, Bundy distils Mbeki's legacy as that of writer, teacher and revolutionary, albeit one who had participated in a modest revolution. Journal of African History [This] thoughtful biography...examines the ways in which [Govan Mbeki] placed greater emphasis than many other cadres on the political importance of rural people...This is a very accomplished monograph. Neither sentimental nor vague and dispassionate, Bundy distils Mbeki's legacy as that of writer, teacher and revolutionary, albeit one who had participated in a 'modest revolution.' -- Kate Law [This] thoughtful biography...examines the ways in which [Govan Mbeki] placed greater emphasis than many other cadres on the political importance of rural people...This is a very accomplished monograph. Neither sentimental nor vague and dispassionate, Bundy distils Mbeki's legacy as that of writer, teacher and revolutionary, albeit one who had participated in a `modest revolution.' -- Kate Law “[This] thoughtful biography…examines the ways in which [Govan Mbeki] placed greater emphasis than many other cadres on the political importance of rural people…This is a very accomplished monograph. Neither sentimental nor vague and dispassionate, Bundy distils Mbeki's legacy as that of writer, teacher and revolutionary, albeit one who had participated in a ‘modest revolution.’” -- Kate Law Author InformationColin Bundy is one of South Africa’s foremost historians and the author of The Rise and Fall of the South African Peasantry as well as the biography of Govan Mbeki in the series Ohio Short Histories of Africa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |