The South African Gandhi by Ashwin Desai, Goolem Vahed - 9780804796088

The South African GandhiStretcher-Bearer of Empire\nAuthor(s): Ashwin Desai, Goolem Vahed\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804796088, 978-0804796088\nSynopsis\nIn the pantheon of freedom fighters, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has pride of place. His fame and influence extend far beyond India and are nowhere more significant than in South Africa. \""India gave us a Mohandas, we gave them a Mahatma,\"" goes a popular South African refrain. Contemporary South African leaders, including Mandela, have consistently lauded him as being part of the epic battle to defeat the racist white regime.\n\n The South African Gandhi focuses on Gandhi's first leadership experiences and the complicated man they reveala man who actually supported the British Empire. Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed unveil a man who, throughout his stay on African soil, stayed true to Empire while showing a disdain for Africans. For Gandhi, w.