Apartheid's Stalingrad - How The Townships Of The Eastern Cape Stood Up To The Apartheid War Machine (Paperback)

The apartheid security juggernaut met its Battle of Stalingrad in the townships of Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage in 1985 and 1986. This is the blazing story of how the people’s resistance – in the church, in the civic structures, underground – fought that war.

Up until these insurrections, the brutal force of the apartheid state successfully crushed all attempts at revolt. Yet in the townships of Port Elizabeth, where they threw everything they had at the uprisings, the people stood and fought, and fought and stood.

Riordan, a human rights activist during the years of high apartheid, draws a line connecting the story of Thozamile Botha, the Zwide and KwaZakhele Residents’ Associations and the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Association (PEBCO) of 1979, the subsequent demise of PEBCO, and the February 1990 unbanning of the ANC and the movement at large.

What had happened in the intervening ten years to effect this once unimaginable change? Apartheid’s Stalingrad tells us what had happened.

General

Imprint:	Jacana Media
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	November 2022
Authors:	Rory Riordan
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	551
ISBN-13:	978-1-4314-3280-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > Racism & racial discrimination Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Local Author Showcase > Politics Promotions > Loadshedding > Books > Social & Politics
LSN:	1-4314-3280-6
Barcode:	9781431432806

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