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Umkhonto weSizwe — A Jacana pocket history

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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. On 16 December 1961 it launched its campaign of symbolic sabotage with the dramatic blowing up of electricity pylons and other strategic installations. For three decades it pursued a range of strategies in an attempt to weaken the apartheid state and bring the liberation movement to power. The 50th anniversary will see both a commemoration of those who died in the service of MK, and a critical reflection on the achievements of the armed struggle and its legacy for South Africa today. The book, Umkhonto weSizwe, offers a new and nuanced account of the ANC’s armed wing. It presents in broad outline the various stages in MK’s thirty-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. The story is illustrated with personal accounts from those who were active members of this armed group.

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Weight 0500 kg
Dimensions 180 × 110 × 30 mm
Author

Janet Cherry

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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.

ISBN

9781770099616

Year of Publication

2011

Language

English

Imprint

Jacana Media

Format

Print edition

Series

Jacana Pocket Series

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