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Nelson Mandela's release from prison in February 1990 was one of the most memorable moments of recent decades. It came a few days after the removal of the ban on the African National Congress; founded a century ago and outlawed in 1960, it had transferred its headquarters abroad and opened what it termed an External Mission. For the thirty years following its banning, the ANC had fought relentlessly against the apartheid state. Finally voted into office in 1994, the ANC today regards its armed struggle as the central plank of its legitimacy. External Mission is the first study of the ANC s…
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7 editions- Hardcover · English · 2012C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd · 384 pages · 9781849042628
- Other · English · 2015C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited · 288 pages · 9781849045063
- Other · English · 2013Oxford University Press · 288 pages · 9780199330614
- Other · English · 2013Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 9781306260084
- Other · English · 2013Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 9780199365296
- Other · English · 2013Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 9780199365418
African national congressSouth africa, politics and governmentSouth africa, historyHistoryPolitics and governmentSourcesAnti-apartheid movementsResistance to Government