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Neocosmos, Michael
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Neocosmos, Michael
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International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF)
Laduma! Soccer, politics and society in South Africa, from its origins to 2010
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Alegi, Peter
Political prisoner 466/64 : Nelson Mandela on Robben Island
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Robben Island Museum
Why race matters in South Africa
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MacDonald, Michael
Gandhi and Mandela: Born in the R.S.A
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An original, well researched and illustrated book, which sheds new light on the influence which Mahatma Gandhi may have had on Nelson Mandela – entitled Gandhi and Mandela: Born in the R.S.A.
Based on some thirty years of research, Haswell puts forward three propositions:
Firstly, that both Gandhi and Mandela, suit-wearing attorneys, were transformed and reborn as political leaders, by life changing experiences in the city of Pietermaritzburg – hence the title Born in the R.S.A.;
Secondly, that as a youthful leader Mandela certainly adopted the nonviolent campaign strategies developed by Gandhi; and,
Thirdly, that in the treason trials which Mandela had to endure, his courtroom demeanour, legal tactics, and even phrases such as “ if needs be I am prepared to die”, so closely resemble those used by Gandhi, in South African courts, some fifty years earlier, that the author contends that Mandela can be considered to be a legal disciple of Gandhi.
Haswell, Robert