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Born in Pondoland in 1917, Oliver Tambo cut his political teeth in the ANC Youth League. This book traces his role as a leader of the legal ANC through the Defiance Campaign, the Congress of the People and the Treason Trial, and his evolution from militant 'Africanism' towards acceptance of the idea of the ANC as open to people of different racial groups and political persuasions. The book also traces his role from the aftermath of Sharpeville in 1960 as, for 30 years, the pre-eminent leader of the ANC in exile in London, Tanzania and Zambia. It shows how, placing himself at the political centre of the organisation, he held the ANC together through great difficulties, managing its relations with African states and great powers, and steering it towards the negotiated end of apartheid. The book analyses the sources of Tambo's strength as a leader, emphasizing his integrity and commitment to democracy, and the importance to him of religion, music and family.

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Hugh Macmillan is a historian who has published widely on the history of Southern Africa. He has taught at universities in Zambia, Swaziland and South Africa, and is currently a research associate at the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. His most recent books are: The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963-94 (2013), and two other contributions to the Jacana pocket biography series, Chris Hani (2014) and Jack Simons: Teacher, Scholar, Comrade (2016).

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