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Umkhonto weSizwe
Janet Cherry
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Description for Umkhonto weSizwe
Paperback. This Friday, 16 December 2011, is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Umkhonto weSizwe. Umkhonto weSizwe, the Spear of the nation, popularly known as MK, was the armed wing of the African National Congress. Series: Jacana Pocket Guides. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 181 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154. Series: Jacana Pocket Guides. 144 pages. The new Jacana series of pocket guides is meant for those who are looking for a brief but lively introduction to a wide range of relevant topics of South African history, politics and biography. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBJH. Dimension: 132 x 181 x 10. Weight: 154.
Informative and portable, this guide offers a brief yet lively introduction to the Umkhonto we Sizwe’s (MK) history; the MK was the armed wing of the African National Congress, which fought against the South African apartheid government.
Written by leading experts in their fields, it presents in broad outline the various stages in MK’s 30-year history, considers the difficult strategic and moral problems the army faced, and argues that its operations are likely to be remembered as a just war conducted with considerable restraint.
With personal accounts from those who were active members of this armed ... Read more
Informative and portable, this guide offers a brief yet lively introduction to the Umkhonto we Sizwe’s (MK) history; the MK was the armed wing of the African National Congress, which fought against the South African apartheid government.
Written by leading experts in their fields, it presents in broad outline the various stages in MK’s 30-year history, considers the difficult strategic and moral problems the army faced, and argues that its operations are likely to be remembered as a just war conducted with considerable restraint.
With personal accounts from those who were active members of this armed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
Jacana Pocket Guides
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781770099616
SKU
V9781770099616
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About Janet Cherry
Janet Cherry is a human rights activist, researcher and academic. She is currently a senior lecturer at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. She has written and published on the history of the liberation struggle for the South African Democratic Education Trust.
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