This book traces Oliver Tambo's role as a leader of the legal ANC through the Defiance Campaign, the Congress of the People and the Treason Trial, and his evolution from militant 'Africanism' towards acceptance of the idea of the ANC as open to people of different racial groups and political persuasions. The book also traces his role from the aftermath of Sharpeville in 1960 as, for 30 years, the pre-eminent leader of the ANC in exile in London, Tanzania and Zambia. It shows how, placing himself at the political center of the organisation, he held the ANC together through great difficulties, managing its relations with African states and great powers, and steering it towards the negotiated end of apartheid.

Informative;Insightful;Important reads

About the Author
Hugh Macmillan is a historian who has published widely on the history of Southern Africa. He has taught at universities in Zambia, Swaziland and South Africa, and is currently a research associate at the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. His most recent books are: The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963-94 (2013), and two other contributions to the Jacana pocket biography series, Chris Hani (2014) and Jack Simons: Teacher, Scholar, Comrade (2016).


Book Information
ISBN 9781431425631
Author Hugh MacMillan
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Publisher Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Weight(grams) 500g
Dimensions(mm) 180mm * 110mm * 15mm