Thabo Mbeki (Record no. 5439)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781868423507
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 900GEV
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gevisser, Mark.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Thabo Mbeki
Remainder of title the dream deferred
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Johannesburg
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Jonathan Ball
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2007
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xliii, 892 p., [46] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references (p. 845-874) and index
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. What happens to a dream deferred? This question, from one of Thabo Mbeki's favourite poems by Langston Hughes, provides the thread for this magisterial biography of the second president of a democratic South Africa. In the long shadow of Nelson Mandela, Mbeki attempted to forge an identity for himself as the symbol of modern Africa. Mark Gevisser brings to life the voices and places that made Thabo Mbeki: the frontier of the Eastern Cape; 'Swinging' Britain and neo-Stalinist Moscow in the 1960s; the fraught world of African exile; the confusion of the transition. He examines the meaning of home and exile; of fatherhood and family. He tells the story of South Africa's black elite over a turbulent century - from 'black Englishman' to revolutionaries to heads of state - and Mbeki's own transition from doctrinaire communism to economic liberalism. Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred is a work of deep scholarship and a gripping, highly readable story. By tracing the path of Mbeki's life, it sheds new light on his political personality and provides unprecedented insight into the dramatic role he has played in South African history.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Mbeki, Thabo.
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        UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 01/17/2025   900GEV 006169 01/31/2025 01/17/2025 Book