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107 pages 3 hours read

Long Walk to Freedom

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

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Throughout his life, Mandela denied being a communist. After his death in 2013, the South African Communist Party publicly acknowledged that he secretly joined before his imprisonment and even served on its central committee for a time. In what ways does Mandela hint at his private beliefs in Long Walk to Freedom?

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In what ways was the Black Consciousness Movement an outgrowth of Africanism? What are the new scenes of struggle to which Black Consciousness applied the tenets of Africanism?

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How were the ideals of Africanism twisted to support the bantustan system? Why did some African leaders participate in it?

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