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ID113759
Title ProperPost-liberation South Africa
Other Title Informationsorting out the pieces
LanguageENG
AuthorEjiogu, EC
Publication2012.
Summary / Abstract (Note)The written history and narratives of the anti-apartheid liberation struggle in South Africa has been cast, albeit erroneously, as if it was waged and won solely by the African National Congress (ANC), its ally the South African Communist Party (SACP), and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the three alliance partners that have held the reins of state power since the first multi-racial democratic elections in 1994. The truth is that the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania, the Azania People's Organization (AZAPO), the New Unity Movement (NUMO), and several other liberation movements played significantly vital roles in that struggle. The ensuing discourse puts this state of affairs on the PAC's diminished status in the politics of post-liberation South Africa, which derives partly from its radical antecedents from its inception that placed it apart from the ANC from which it split in 1959, earned it immediate proscription from the apartheid stage before it could root itself properly as well as notoriety in the West. The discourse argues and concludes that a more comprehensive narrative and written history of that struggle will benefit the on-going quest for the transformation of South Africa's multi-racial democracy and the course of democracy in the rest of Africa.
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 47, No.3; Jun 2012: p.257-268
Journal SourceJournal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 47, No.3; Jun 2012: p.257-268
Key WordsAfrican Liberation ;  African Revolution ;  Apartheid ;  South Africa ;  Pan - Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania ;  State Building in Africa