Nelson Mandela Speaks: Forging a Democratic, Nonracial South Africa

by Nelson Mandela, Steve Clark (Editor), Steve Clark

Overview

Speeches from 1990-93 recounting the struggle that put an end to apartheid and opened the fight for a deep-going political and social transformation in South Africa.

"By providing the primary material of these 31 speeches and by adding a biographical sketch, a chronology of events 1990-93, and a glossary of South African political figures and organizations, editor Clark has made available Mandela's recent public record for both contemporary analysts and for future students who want to understand how South Africa managed the relatively peaceful transition from Apartheid to a democratic non-racial South Africa . . . . General, undergraduate."-Choice

Index, Chronology, Glossary

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873487740
Publisher:	Pathfinder Press GA
Publication date:	10/01/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	301
Product dimensions:	5.32(w) x 8.26(h) x 0.85(d)

Editorial Reviews

A collection of 31 speeches, open letters, and interviews by now president of South Africa Mandela, spanning the period from his release from prison in February 1990 to his speech before the NAACP convention in July 1993. They document his view of the last years of apartheid and the preparations for the first all-race election. Includes a glossary without pronunciation and an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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