Author: Dennis Abrams
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: leaders, world, modern, mbeki, thabo
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-10-30
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 079109443X
ISBN-13: 9780791094433

Thabo Mbeki has devoted his life to the people of South Africa, first as a courageous fighter against apartheid and currently as president of his beloved nation, helping to heal the wounds caused by decades of oppression. His success is even more astounding considering the seemingly insurmountable obstacles he encountered early in life: His activist father spent many years in prison because of his political beliefs. Close relatives disappeared, never to be seen or heard from again. And Mbeki himself was forced to live in exile for nearly 30 years. What gave him the strength and determination t

Author: Mark Gevisser
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords: south, african, dream, future, mbeki, liberation, thabo, legacy
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2009-03-31
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0230611001
ISBN-13: 9780230611009

In this gripping social history of South Africa, award winning journalist Mark Gevisser follows the family of former South African President Thabo Mbeki to make sense of the legacy of liberation struggle and understand the future of the country under Jacob Zuma. With unparalleled access to Mbeki and Zuma as well as key ANC brass, Gevisser presents an intimate yet accessible account of South Africa’s past, present and future. With his stunning account of the Mbeki family’s history as a backdrop, Gevisser fleshes out the very human elements of a monumental period in w