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008			210317s2020 sa 000 0beng
020			_a9781431430031 (paperback)
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082			_a968.071 REAS
245	0	0	_aReassessing Mandela / _cedited by Colin Bundy and William Beinart.
264		1	_aAuckland Park, South Africa : _bJacana Media, _c2020.
300			_a328 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Seven years since his death (2013), Nelson Mandela still occupies an extraordinary place in the global imagination. Internationally, Mandela's renown seems intact and invulnerable. In South Africa, however, his legacy and his place in the country's history have become matters of contention and dispute, especially among younger black South Africans. These essays analyse aspects of Mandela's life in the context of South Africa's national history, and make an important contribution to the historiography of the anti-apartheid political struggle. They reassess: the political context of his youth; his changing political beliefs and connections with the left; his role in the African National Congress and the turn to armed struggle; and his marriage to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and their political relationship. By providing new context, they explore Mandela as an actor in broader social processes such as the rise of the ANC and the making of South Africa's post-apartheid constitution. The detailed essays are linked in a substantial introduction by Colin Bundy and current debates are addressed in a concluding essay by Elleke Boehmer. This book provides a scholarly counterweight both to uncritical celebration of Mandela and also to a simplistic attribution of post-apartheid shortcomings to the person of Mandela."--Page 4 of cover.
600	1	0	_aMandela, Nelson, _d1918-2013
600	1	0	_aMandela, Nelson, _d1918-2013 _xPublic opinion. _9192070
650		0	_aAnti-apartheid movements _zSouth Africa _xHistory _y20th century. _9192071
651		0	_aSouth Africa _xHistory _y1994- _9188295
651		0	_aSouth Africa _xHistory _y1961-1994. _9116372
651		0	_aSouth Africa _xPolitics and government _y20th century.
700	1		_aBundy, Colin, _eeditor.
700	1		_aBeinart, William, _eeditor. _9152851
942			_2ddc _cBOOK _w156 _xLettie Matukane _y156 _zLettie Matukane
999			_c772519 _d772518