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Slovo: The Unfinished Autobiography of ANC leader Joe Slovo
by
Joe Slovo
,
Nelson Mandela
A revealing and highly entertaining autobiography of one of the key figures of the African National Congress, described as South Africa’s “most important and most popular, white leader.” As an immigrant from Lithuania, a Jew, a communist, a guerrilla fighter and strategist — and white — few public figures in South Africa were as demonized by the apartheid government as Joe ...more
Paperback
,
293 pages
Published
July 1st 2002
by Ocean Press
(first published 1995)
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Slovo's autobiographical fragments are full of insight and humour - makes you wish he wrote much much more. But I guess the guy was too busy with the struggle against apartheid.
Not sure the inclusion of the tributes adds to the book as a whole though - with the exception of some Slovo quotes.
Not sure the inclusion of the tributes adds to the book as a whole though - with the exception of some Slovo quotes.
Absolutly facinating bit at the beginning on return trip to his childhood home in Obel, Lithuania 45 years later, and the effect seeing it and people on his remotest memories.
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Joe Slovo was a South African politician, long-time leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP), and leading member of the African National Congress.
Both he and his first wife, Ruth First (who was assassinated by the apartheid security police in 1982) were “banned” or hounded by the government for much of their lives.
“He knew when to compromise. Yet he never compromised his principles. He w ...more
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Both he and his first wife, Ruth First (who was assassinated by the apartheid security police in 1982) were “banned” or hounded by the government for much of their lives.
“He knew when to compromise. Yet he never compromised his principles. He w ...more
