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Tag Archives: South Africa
Andrew Feinstein’s The Shadow World
As Andrew Feinstein admitted in the packed former LUCAS library at 4pm on the 6th March 2013, it is hard to compress 500+ pages and 3000+ references of his latest book, The Shadow World, into 45 minutes. It is harder … Continue reading
Posted in South Africa, United Kingdom, Weapons
Tagged South Africa, United Kingdom, weapons
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A missed opportunity to explore contemporary memory of apartheid
Dr Jonny Steinberg presented his paper ‘High Modernist statecraft under Verwoerd’ in the Imperial and Colonial Seminar held at the University of Leeds on the 21st November 2012. The inspiration for this paper came from a closed-door think tank meeting … Continue reading
Review of the Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project
I have recently taught a History course about Nelson Mandela at the University of Leeds. Along with my students, we have analysed Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, The Long Walk to Freedom in class and during one of our seminars, we have … Continue reading
Posted in Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Website
Tagged Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project, South Africa, Website
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Facing the facts
African history has often been overlooked by the general public, with perceptions of the continent being ravaged by famine, Aids, tribal conflict and many other negative connotations. At times this lead to donations to various charities but is quickly forgotten. … Continue reading
Is Food Security in Africa Increasing?
Eastern Cape Big Pineapple; Author: NJR ZA; Source: Wiki Commons An interesting article by Miriam Gathigah for Inter Press Africa suggests that several countries on the continent have hugely improved food security over recent years. Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Liberia, Malawi … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Agriculture
Tagged agriculture, Food Security, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa
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ANC Centenary: Are you in South Africa?
perspectivesonafrica would love to hear from anyone with a view on the ANC celebrations yesterday: Are you an ANC supporter? Did you attend? What was the event like? Are you proud of the last hundred years of ANC history? How … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, News, South Africa
Tagged ANC, Centenary, Inkatha Freedom Party, Jacob Zuma, South Africa
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Michelle Obama’s South Africa Speech
This week Michelle Obama travelled to South Africa as part of an official state visit to Africa. Speaking at the Young African Women Leaders Forum in Soweto, Mrs. Obama spoke on the importance of education, health, wellness and community activism … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, South Africa, Speech
Tagged Michelle Obama, President Mandela, South Africa, Soweto, speech
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South Africa: Election Results Analysis
ANC still most popular party but Democratic Alliance Party makes continued gains. See analysis of the results and the election process @ ANC takes kicking for not listening
Posted in Africa, Elections, South Africa
Tagged ANC, Democratic Alliance Party, South Africa
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South Africa Elections
South Africa’s fourth municipal elections since the end of apartheid take place today with opposition parties hoping to extend their control of local government while the ANC is particularly keen to re-establish control in the central regions. Jacob Zuma voted this … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Elections, South Africa
Tagged ANC, elections, Inkatha Freedom Party, Jacob Zuma, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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The Radicalism of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela has been universally praised by political leaders in ‘the West’ for his leadership of post-apartheid South Africa. However, Mandela’s relationship with ‘western’ governments hadn’t always appeared so harmonious. In 1980 conservative MP Teddy Taylor commented that Mandela “should be shot”, whilst as late as 1987 the ANC remained a “terrorist organisation” in the eyes of Margaret Thatcher. Characterisations such as these were partly informed by Mandela’s long held and vocal opposition to western imperialism in Southern Africa. In the 1950s, at the height of mass civil disobedience against oppressive race laws, Mandela vehemently opposed the involvement of both the U.S. and Britain in South African affairs. The piece, which appeared in the journal Liberation in March 1958 gives an indication of Mandela’s ideological anti-imperialism and raises questions over how Mandela as a global political figure is viewed today… Continue reading
Posted in South Africa
Tagged apartheid, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, terrorism, United Kingdom, United States of America
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