The ANC's Early Years : Nation, Class and Place in South Africa before 1940

Name: The ANC's Early Years : Nation, Class and Place in South Africa before 1940
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

The ANC's Early YearsNation, Class and Place in South Africa before 1940\nAuthor(s): Peter Limb\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032958835, 978-1032958835\nSynopsis\nThe African National Congress (ANC) is the oldest and most durable of African nationalist movements, not only in South Africa but also across the continent. Since 1994, it has governed the country as leader of the Tripartite Alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and South African Communist Party (SACP). The early decades of the twentieth century saw the establishment, survival, and growth of ANC and black labour organisations.\n\nThis book focuses on the formative period of engagement of these political and socioeconomic forces before permanent alliances emerged. It analyses the ANCs attitudes and relationships with the nascent formations of the black working class, with particular attention to the most conscious and acti.