The Making of an African Communist

Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana: And the Communist Party of South Africa 1927 to 1939
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-95760-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 78 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 157 g

Reihe: 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa

This book is a short biography of the life of Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana – the General Secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa. Set against the backdrop of political crisis in South Africa, the subject matter in this book discusses Mofutsanyana’s political endeavors and his service and contribution to the freedom struggle.

Print editions not for sale in Sub-Saharan Africa. This book is part of Routledge’s co-published series 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa, in collaboration with UNISA Press, which reflects on the past years of a democratic South Africa and assesses the future opportunities and challenges.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edgar, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The way to Fox Street

2. Potchefstroom: A fighting location

Dingaan’s day

Protests and the lodger’s fee

3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International

Moscow

Faction fighting

The Marty Commission

A first-class bluff

Red, white and black

Splitting the Party

4. Conclusion

5, Bibliography

6. Index