Promise and Despair: The First Struggle for a Non-Racial South Africa - Couverture souple

Plaut, Martin

 
9781431423750: Promise and Despair: The First Struggle for a Non-Racial South Africa
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ISBN 10 : 1431423750 ISBN 13 : 9781431423750
Editeur : Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Most people believe that black South Africans obtained the vote for the first time in 1994. In fact, for almost a century suitably qualified black people had enjoyed the vote in the Cape and Natal, and in certain constituencies had decided the outcome of parliamentary elections. Little wonder, then, that when the first South Africa came about in 1910, black people were keen to see the principle of non-racialism entrenched in the constitution that was drawn up for the new Union. This is the story of that struggle. Its centrepiece is a lively account of the delegation that travelled to London in mid-1909 to lobby for a non-racial constitution.

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À propos de l?auteur

Born in South Africa in 1950, Martin Plaut received his first degree from the University of Cape Town before going on to do an MA at the University of Warwick. In 1984 he joined the BBC, working primarily on Africa. He has reported from many parts of the continent but specialised in the Horn of Africa and Southern Africa. He became Africa editor, BBC World Service News, in 2003 and retired from the BBC in 2013. He then joined the Institute of Commonwealth studies as senior research fellow. In April and May 2013 he was based at the University of Cape Town as writer in residence at the centre for African studies. Martin Plaut has advised the Foreign & commonwealth office and the US State department. For two years he was an associate fellow of the Royal institute of international affairs, leading their Africa research programme, and continues to be an active member of Chatham house and the Royal African society. Publications include Who rules South Africa?, Jonathan Ball, 2012 (with Paul Holden).

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Éditeur
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1431423750
ISBN 13 
9781431423750
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0821422766 ISBN 13 :  9780821422762
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