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“S'obashaya Ngamatye”: Women and Sixty Years of the Armed Struggle in South Africa

This project brings together chapters written by 17 women former guerrillas from uMkhonto we Sizwe, the African National Congress military wing and the Azanian Peoples Liberation Army (APLA) and the Azanian National Liberation Army, the military wing of the Azanian Peoples Organisation (AZAPO).

Siphokazi Magadla Siphokazi Magadla

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Liberation betrayed by bloodshed

Njabulo S. Ndebele. 2013. Liberation betrayed by bloodshed. Social Dynamics, 39 (1), 111-114. doi: 10.1080/02533952.2013.777558

Njabulo Ndebele Njabulo Ndebele

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Memorializing Struggle: Dynamics of Memory, Space and Power in Post-Liberation Africa

In post-liberation societies, memorialization and commemoration can occur at a grand, national scale, often being linked to heroic freedom fighters or critical revolutionary turning points.

Jonathan Fisher Jonathan Fisher

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On Our Own

This is a writing project that would examine South African politics in exile and how that had an impact on the relationship of political parties inside the country.

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