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Stephen Ellis - External Mission: The ANC in Exile, 1960-1990 - 9781849045063 - V9781849045063
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External Mission: The ANC in Exile, 1960-1990

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Description for External Mission: The ANC in Exile, 1960-1990 Paperback. Award-winning book looking at the complicated history of the ANC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JPFN; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
External Mission is the Winner of the Recht Malan Prize for Non-Fiction awarded by Media24 in South Africa. Nelson Mandela's release from prison in February 1990 was one of the most memorable moments of recent decades. It came a few days after the removal of the ban on the African National Congress; founded a century ago and outlawed in 1960, it had transferred its headquarters abroad and opened what it termed an External Mission. For the thirty years following its banning, the ANC had fought relentlessly against the apartheid state. Finally voted into office in 1994, the ANC today regards ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849045063
SKU
V9781849045063
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5

About Stephen Ellis
STEPHEN ELLIS is the author of groundbreaking books on the ANC, the Liberian Civil War, religion and politics in Africa, and the history of Madagascar. He is Professor of Social Sciences at the Free University, Amsterdam.

Reviews for External Mission: The ANC in Exile, 1960-1990
'The real message of Stephen Ellis's history of the African National Congress (ANC) in exile painfully and palpably obvious between the lines is how the conspiratorial past affects the ruling party to the present day. It makes uncomfortable reading, for it goes some way towards explaining why President Jacob Zuma, a former head of the ANC s intelligence service in ... Read more

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