Mathew Goniwe on a South African frontier
Subtitle: a community history of an African revolutionary
By: by Menzi M. Duka
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Institute of Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University
Published: 2018
Place of publication: [Grahamstown, South Africa]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780620781992
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Assassination; Anti-apartheid activists; Biography; History; Anti-apartheid movements; Politics and government
Description: "In this community history Menzi Duka, speaking from personal experience and basing his narrative on a wealth of archival and secondary sources, leads the reader into hidden histories of a South African frontier and indeed into the lives of Cradock and Eastern Cape activists. The reader is taken into the streets of the Cradock township of Lingelihle, into homes and halls, into heads and hearts of activists young and old. In the middle of this roiled frontier, the organic intellectual and revolutionary Matthew Goniwe operated fearlessly to give his people hope and courage. This is a tale complex and fluid. It spills out all over, in locations and boardrooms, in town and country. It leads to a date with destiny. Here we have the author's recall of Matthew Goniwe's vision for South Africa and of his socio-political and ideological struggles"--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Part I: From the Poll Tax to forced removals, 1890-1961. Part II. Onward to joining the Socialist Front, 1961-1975. Part III. From mobilisation to imprisonment, 1975-1981. Part IV. The new approach, 1981-1984. Part V. Revolution and counter-revolution, 1984-1992. Part VI. The truth victorious, 1992 to current times. Conclusion.