From Sharpeville to Rivonia, 1959 to 1964: A Personal View of Resistance in South Africa, from the Letters of Clare & James Currey - Couverture souple

Currey, James

 
9780850367584: From Sharpeville to Rivonia, 1959 to 1964: A Personal View of Resistance in South Africa, from the Letters of Clare & James Currey
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0850367581 ISBN 13 : 9780850367584
Editeur : The Merlin Press Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

1959 was the year James Currey arrived in South Africa and found a nation in crisis. Hopes of change rose and foundered over the next five years. Letters and vivid conversations capture the excitement of daily life and political drama. The extra-parliamentary opposition had used non-violent means of protest since 1952, but on 21 March 1960 the police shot and killed 69 peaceful protesters in Sharpeville. It was a turning point. In March 1960 some 35,000 Africans protested on Cape Town and the police responded with further savagery. Shortly after Randolph Vigne, Neville Rubin, Tim Holmes and James Currey founded The New African a radical review of politics and the arts. The intense comings and goings of a small magazine served as effective cover for acts of sabotage. In July 1964 Randolph Vigne appealed to Clare and James to enable him escape. Clare had no hesitation; ‘Randolph and Gillian are our friends’, she said. James used his British passport, to buy a ticket on a Norwegian freighter so that Vigne could travel to Montreal. Two days later Clare and James flew out of Johannesburg.

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Éditeur
The Merlin Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0850367581
ISBN 13 
9780850367584
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
220
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