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The UDF : a history of the United Democratic Front in South Africa, 1983-1991 / Jeremy Seekings.

Title
The UDF : a history of the United Democratic Front in South Africa, 1983-1991 / Jeremy Seekings.
Author
Seekings, Jeremy
Publication
Cape Town : David Philip ; Oxford : James Currey ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 2000.

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Description
xiii, 371 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"This is the first major study of an organisation that transformed South African politics in the 1980s. By co-ordinating 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 emergence as a democracy. Based on extensive documentary and interview sources, this book traces the UDF's birth, career and dissolution. It is a tale of strategic and tactical decision-making: of how opponents of apartheid made choices that helped to seal the fate of white domination whilst avoiding the general bloodbath that always threatened."--Jacket.
Subject
  • National liberation movements > South Africa
  • Self-determination, National > South Africa
  • South Africa > Politics and government > 1978-1989
  • United Democratic Front (South Africa)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [356]-363) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The united democratic front, freedom and democracy in South Africa -- The origins of the UDF, 1976-1982 -- "The freedom breeze": the formation of the UDF, January-August 1983 -- "Siyaya": forming the UDF in the regions -- "Spooking PW": opposing the tricameral parliament, September 1983-August 1984 -- The township revolt, September 1984-September 1985 -- People's power, September 1985-June 1986 -- A holding operation: surviving the states of emergency, June 1986-February 1988 -- The mass democratic movement, February 1988-December 1989 -- The dissolution of the UDF, January 1990-August 1991 --Conclusion: turning the tide.
ISBN
  • 0864864035 (David Philip)
  • 0852558422 (James Currey)
  • 0821413368 (Ohio University Press)
LCCN
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Harvard Library