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"This is the first major study of an organisation that transformed South African politics in the 1980s. By co-ordinating popular struggles on the ground and promoting the standing of the African National Congress, the UDF played a central role in the demise of apartheid and paved the way for South Africa's emergence as a democracy. Based on extensive documentary and interview sources, this book traces the UDF's birth, career and dissolution. It is a tale of strategic and tactical decision-making: of how opponents of apartheid made choices that helped to seal the fate of white domination…
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2 editions- Hardcover · English · 2000James Currey · 371 pages · 9780852558423
- Hardcover · English · 2000David Philip · 371 pages · 9780864864031
National liberation movementsPolitics and governmentSelf-determination, NationalUnited Democratic Front (South Africa)South africaSouth africa, politics and governmentUnited Democratic Front