You might also like

Availability alert

More about UDF

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 85 loyalty points

Book synopsis

The new South Africa cannot be understood without a knowledge of the history of the UDF and its role in the transition to democracy. This is the first major study of an organization that transformed South African politics in the 1980s. By coordinating popular struggles on the ground and promoting the standing of the African National Congress, the UDF played a central role in the demise of apartheid and paved the way for South Africa's transition to democracy. Based on extensive documentary and interview sources, the book traces the UDF's birth, career, and dissolution. It is a remarkable tale of strategic and tactical decision-making: of how opponents of apartheid made choices that helped to seal the fate of white domination while avoiding the general bloodbath that always threatened.

Book details

Book category Books in English Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects Interdisciplinary studies Regional studies

• Full title: UDF
• Subtitle: A History of the United Democratic Front in South Africa, 1983-1991
• Author: Jeremy Seekings
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• EAN: 9780821413364
• ISBN: 0821413368
• ID: 04935261
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Weight: 522 g
• Dimensions: 231 × 153 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. September 2000

Trending among others

---

---

---