Josie Mpama/Palmer : get up and get moving /

Josie Mpama/Palmer : get up and get moving /

While African National Congress narratives dominate much of the scholarship on South Africa's freedom struggle, Josie Mpama/Palmer's political life offers a different perspective. Highly critical of the patriarchal attitudes that hindered black women from actively participating in politics...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edgar, Robert R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2020]
Series:Ohio short histories of Africa.
Subjects:
Mpama, Josie, > 1903-1979.
Women political activists > South Africa > Biography.
Communists > South Africa > Biography.
Anti-apartheid activists > South Africa > Biography.
South Africa > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: An Untidy Hero
  • Family Matters
  • A Fighting Location
  • Party Battles
  • Declarations of Independence
  • Apartheid
  • Comrades and Christians
  • Conclusion: Get Up and Get Moving