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Title:The genesis of the ANC's armed struggle in South Africa 1948-1961
Author:Ellis, StephenISNI
Year:2011
Periodical:Journal of Southern African Studies (ISSN 1465-3893)
Volume:37
Issue:4
Pages:657-676
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:African National Congress (South Africa)
South African Communist Party
anti-apartheid resistance
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03057070.2011.592659
Abstract:The 16th of December 1961 is generally regarded as the formal beginning of the armed struggle in South Africa with the start of hostilities by Umkhonto we Sizwe, or MK for short, recognized by ANC leaders as the ANC's armed wing. Revelations made by veterans of the period, and the opening of various archives, have thrown significant new light on the origins of Umkhonto we Sizwe. It is now clear that the South African Communist Party (SACP) was the first component of the congress alliance to decide to launch an armed struggle against the apartheid State, in late 1960, having consulted the Chinese leader Mao Zedong in person. Only later was the issue debated in the senior organs of the African National Congress and other allied organizations. It has also become apparent that the first commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, Nelson Mandela, was a member of the SACP. The main thrust of these observations is to demonstrate the degree to which the start of the armed struggle in South Africa was inscribed in the politics of the Cold War. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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