Govan Mbeki

Bundy, Colin.

Govan Mbeki [electronic resource] / Colin Bundy. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2013. - 168 p. : ill., port. - Ohio short histories of Africa . - Ohio short histories of Africa. .

"First published by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2012. First published in North America in 2013 by Ohio University Press."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: intellectual activist or activist intellectual? -- Home comforts and family histories -- Healdtown and Fort Hare -- Permanent persuader: Mbeki in the Transkei, 1940/1952 -- Township politics: Ladysmith and Port Elizabeth, 1952/1960 -- Mbeki as journalist and author, 1955/1963 -- The road to Rivonia -- Cold comfort: the Robben Island years -- Release, retirement, and a modest revolutionary?.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Mbeki, Govan, 1910-2001.


Political activists--South Africa--Biography.
Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.


South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.


Electronic books.

DT1972.M34 / A3 2013

968.05