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Gandhi and South Africa - Perspectives and prospects (Paperback)
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Gandhi and South Africa - Perspectives and prospects (Paperback)
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Loot Price R442
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On Pietermaritzburg station in 1893 a young Indian lawyer, newly
arrived in South Africa, was ejected from a train to Pretoria for
insisting on his right to travel first class. It was to the cold
night hours spent in the waiting-room that Gandhi himself traced
the genesis of his great resolve - to fight injustice by
non-violent means. Crucial as this episode was, it was but one of
the manifold influences which shaped the Gandhi-to-be during his
sojourn in South Africa. This title arose from a conference held a
century later, in 1993, at the Universtiy of Natal,
Pietermaritzburg, to reaffirm the South African Gandhi. It traces
some of the influences which effected his transformation from an
unsuccessful and insecure young man to a mature political and
spiritual leader ready to carve his niche in history after his
return to Indian in 1914. The Mahatma's moral vision, of a way to
resolve conflict and right injustice without resorting to violence,
remains relevant to post-apartheid South Africa and to the world.
It also remains a difficult vision to grasp; but a better
understanding of his vital formative years will perhaps help to
make it more accessible.
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