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Assessing Oliver Tambo
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BOOK WORLD
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8 / 1988 |
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George Ayittey
George Ayittey is a black African from Ghana. He is a
frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal and a
columnist for the African Letter. He teaches economics at
Bloomsburg University. |
OLIVER TAMBO SPEAKS
Oliver Tambo
New York: George Braziller, 1988
284 pp., $19.95
A collection of the speeches of Oliver Tambo, leader of South Africa's outlawed African National Congress (ANC), has been compiled by his wife, Adelaide. It is a tribute to "those compatriots who paid the supreme price in the liberation struggle, to those in prison, to those in exile, and those who are carrying on the struggle inside South Africa."
In the foreword, Nelson Mandela, the jailed black South African leader, writes:
I am a member of the African National Congress. I have always been a member of the ANC and I will remain a member of the ANC until the day I die. Oliver Tambo is much more than a brother to me. He is my greatest friend, and comrade for nearly fifty years. If there is any one amongst you who cherishes my freedom, Oliver Tambo cherishes it more, and I know that he would give his life to see me free. There is no difference between his views and mine.
Those interested in the future of South Africa need to understand the views of Oliver Tambo--hence the value of Oliver Tambo Speaks. Nevertheless, it is not easy, especially for those with a limited knowledge of South Africa, to understand this volume. The speeches collected here were written in exile. Most of them comment on actions taken by the South African government in the 1950s and 1960s with which readers may be unfamiliar. They tend to be
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