Opposition in South Africa: The Leadership of Z. K. Matthews, Nelson Mandela, and Stephen Biko

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This text tells the story of three Black men - Z.K. Matthews, Nelson Mandela and Stephen Biko - who committed their lives to win freedom for all South Africans. Using a sociopsychological retrospective, the author interweaves accounts of the lives of these three men with sociopolitical developments to reveal the complex interaction that occurs between social processes and individual actors, revealing how leaders come into being and how their actions influence social developments. Each man's political character captures the demands of the time and used the available resources of his age in the quest for freedom; the pressure - over time - from the activities of these three men and the movements they supported made liberation inevitable.

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Juckes's extensively researched and innovative work is a welcome contribution to South African studies. Recommended for all public and academic libraries.-Choice
"Juckes's extensively researched and innovative work is a welcome contribution to South African studies. Recommended for all public and academic libraries."-Choice

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TIM J. JUCKES was born in Durban, South Africa. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.