02484cam a2200313 i 4500 3228 20250226124856.0 210317s2020 sa 000 0beng 9781431430031 (paperback) eng rda 3228 mpl 968.071 REAS Reassessing Mandela / edited by Colin Bundy and William Beinart. Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana Media, 2020. 328 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Seven years since his death (2013), Nelson Mandela still occupies an extraordinary place in the global imagination. Internationally, Mandela's renown seems intact and invulnerable. In South Africa, however, his legacy and his place in the country's history have become matters of contention and dispute, especially among younger black South Africans. These essays analyse aspects of Mandela's life in the context of South Africa's national history, and make an important contribution to the historiography of the anti-apartheid political struggle. They reassess: the political context of his youth; his changing political beliefs and connections with the left; his role in the African National Congress and the turn to armed struggle; and his marriage to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and their political relationship. By providing new context, they explore Mandela as an actor in broader social processes such as the rise of the ANC and the making of South Africa's post-apartheid constitution. The detailed essays are linked in a substantial introduction by Colin Bundy and current debates are addressed in a concluding essay by Elleke Boehmer. This book provides a scholarly counterweight both to uncritical celebration of Mandela and also to a simplistic attribution of post-apartheid shortcomings to the person of Mandela."--Page 4 of cover. Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 Public opinion. 192070 Anti-apartheid movements South Africa History 20th century. 192071 South Africa History 1994- 188295 South Africa History 1961-1994. 116372 South Africa Politics and government 20th century. Bundy, Colin, editor. Beinart, William, editor. 152851 ddc BOOK 156 Lettie Matukane 156 Lettie Matukane 772519 772518 0 0 ddc 0 0 900 RIVEL RIVEL GEN 2025-02-26 0 968.071 REAS 33228031011368 2025-02-26 2025-02-26 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 900 STANRL SECL Non_Fiction 2025-07-29 0 968.071 REAS 3322803186090 2025-07-29 2025-07-29 BOOK