Bibliograph

Thabo Mbeki, Adekeye Adebajo

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Label

Thabo Mbeki, Adekeye Adebajo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thabo Mbeki

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

958780627

Responsibility statement

Adekeye Adebajo

Series statement

Ohio short histories of Africa

Summary

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki is a complex figure. He was a committed young Marxist who, while in power, embraced conservative economic policies and protected white corporate interests; a rational and dispassionate thinker who was particularly sensitive to criticism and dissent; and a champion of African self-reliance who relied excessively on foreign capital. As a key liberation leader in exile, he was instrumental in the ANC's antiapartheid struggle. Later, he helped build one of the world's most respected constitutional democracies. As president, though, he was unable to overcome inherited socioeconomic challenges, and his disastrous AIDS policies will remain a major blotch on his legacy. Mbeki is the most important African political figure of his generation. He will be remembered as a foreign policy president for his peacemaking efforts and his role in building continental institutions, not least of which was the African Union. In this concise biography, ideally suited for the classroom, Adekeye Adebajo seeks to illuminate Mbeki's contradictions and situate him in a pan-African pantheon

Table Of Contents

Africa's philosopher-kings -- Coming of age -- The path to power -- The domestic president -- The foreign policy president -- The post-presidency -- Legacy

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