Format:
1 online resource (358 pages)
ISBN:
9783905758511
Content:
This book is a long-overdue history of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) and the rise of the Africanist ideology in South Africa. From its formation in 1959, the PAC underground inside South Africa and in exile shaped the dynamics of the anti-apartheid movement and liberation struggle by framing alternative ideologies. Kwandiwe Kondlo analyses the radical traditions, the structural contradictions and the internal conflicts of this rival to the African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's dominant liberation organisation. The contributions of some of the PAC leaders, including Robert Sobukhwe, Potlake Kitchener Leballo, Vusumzi Make and John Nyathi Pokela, are reconstructed as are the PAC's experiences in exile and the strategies pursued by its military wing, the Azanian People's Liberation Party (APLA). The role of the PAC in the power-sharing negotiations leading to the historic 1994 elections in South Africa round off the narrative. The PAC story is a highly controversial one, as the perspectives are wide and various. This book seeks to present a balanced picture which includes diverse views in a comprehensive narrative.
Content:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- The Long Revolution of the PAC. An Introduction by Patrick Harries -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Structure and Contents of the Book -- 1. Sources in the Study of the History of the PAC -- Research methodology -- Research ethics -- The state of sources -- Primary documentary sources -- Oral sources -- Electronic/Visual sources -- Summary -- 2. Historiographic Overview -- 3. The PAC: Formation, Banishment and Road to Exile -- Factors which led to the formation of the PAC -- International ideological influences -- Local factors which led to the formation of the PAC -- Internal conflicts within the ANC -- Highlights of the day of the inauguration of the PAC -- Principles and strategies enshrined in the organisation's basic documents -- Banishment and road to exile -- 4. The Exile Experience: Impact on the Functioning of Liberation Movements -- Conceptual and theoretical issues -- The exile environment: An overview -- The Frontline States and the OAU in the Southern African liberation struggle -- The emergence of the "Frontline States Phenomenon" -- Profiles of the Frontline States -- The South African offensive in Southern Africa -- Superpowers and the conflict in Southern Africa -- The "experience" of liberation movements -- 5. The Reconstitution of the PAC as a Liberation Movement in Diaspora (1960-1963) -- The reconstitution of PAC leadership structures in exile -- Development of strategy documents -- The practice of self-reliance by PAC exiles in Lesotho -- Developments in other parts of the world -- The PAC and the ANC - the South African United Front -- 6. The Generation of Strained Intra-PAC Relations in Exile (1962-1990) -- 6A The Leballo Era and its Immediate Aftermath (1962-1981) -- The period of Potlake Kitchener Leballo (1962-1979) -- P.K. Leballo: Background and profile.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783905758122
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783905758122
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1986829
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