Unisa Press
The Road to Democracy in South Africa – Abridged Version Vol 5
| Author: | South African Democracy Education Trust (SADET) |
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| Published: | December 12, 2014 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86888-785-9 |
| Number of pages: | 223 |
| This book is not available in electronic format |
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About the book
Volume 5 of the Road to Democracy in South Africa Abridged Edition series tells the history of the supportive role provided by countries on the African continent for the liberation struggle. These countries include Ghana, Algeria and Tanzania. This volume, African solidarity, like the academic volumes that cover the South Africa’s struggle for freedom in the period 1960–1994, is based closely on the corresponding academic version of SADET’s Road to Democracy series, which has achieved wide acclaim.
Unlike the bulky academic versions of SADET’s Road to Democracy, the Abridged Edition series is much shorter; it is quicker and easier to read. The footnotes, the lengthy quotations, and overwhelmingly intricate detail have been removed. What remains is the stark truth; an outline of how, in a myriad of ways, African states helped the South African struggle for freedom.
The names of authors of the Road to Democracy in South Africa Abridged Edition series have been removed from each chapter but theirs is the credit for researching and creating them. SADET acknowledges the sterling work by all these international scholars.
This Abridged Editions series should be read by every South African. The hope is that others on the African continent and elsewhere in the world will find much of interest in its pages. After all, the history of the liberation struggle in South Africa is one of Africa’s greatest success stories.
Table of content
Preface ix
List of acronyms xiii
Chapter 1
The geopolitics of apartheid South Africa on the African continent: 1948–1994 1
Chapter 2
Ghana’s contribution to the anti-apartheid struggle: 1958–1994 17
Chapter 3
‘We are an African people’ Caribbean and African solidarities: The South African case 29
Chapter 4
Algeria and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa: 1955–1994 41
Chapter 5
Tanzania’s solidarity with South Africa’s liberation 53
Chapter 6
The role of the OAU Liberation Committee in the South African liberation struggle 69
Chapter 7
Zambia and developments in the South African liberation struggle:1960–1994 81
Chapter 8
Egypt’s role in the anti-apartheid struggle and support for the South African liberation movement 95
Chapter 9
Nigeria’s solidarity with South Africa’s liberation struggle 107
Chapter 10
Botswana and the liberation of South Africa: An evolving story of sacrifice 117
Chapter 11
‘Paying the ultimate price’: Zimbabwe and the liberation of South Africa, 1980–1994 131
Chapter 12
Lesotho and the struggle for liberation in South Africa 141
Chapter 13
Ethiopia and the anti-apartheid movement 153
Index 201