Radical antiapartheid internationalism and exile: the life of Elizabeth Mafeking

Elizabeth Mafeking was a titanic figure in the history of resistance to Apartheid in South Africa, a mother of 11 who travelled to Bulgaria to publicize the evils of racial segregation, before escaping into exile from a banning order that would have separated her from her home and family. Radical An...

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Main Author: McGee, Holly Y. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2019
Series:Routledge studies in modern history
Routledge studies in modern history
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Summary:Elizabeth Mafeking was a titanic figure in the history of resistance to Apartheid in South Africa, a mother of 11 who travelled to Bulgaria to publicize the evils of racial segregation, before escaping into exile from a banning order that would have separated her from her home and family. Radical Antiapartheid Internationalism and Exile: The Life of Elizabeth Mafeking analyses Mafeking's life, andthe union work that cost the activist her family and home,leading to 32 desperate years in self-imposed exile. The book simultaneously sheds light on one of the many ways in which the protests of women of African descent evolved from localized issues of race-based discrimination to international, anti-colonial struggles in the mid-twentieth century
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2019)
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781315144320
1315144328
9781351386036
1351386034
9781351386043
1351386042
9781351386029
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