External Mission: The ANC in Exile, 1960-1990

by Stephen Ellis

Nelson Mandela's release from prison in February 1990 was one of the most memorable moments of recent decades. It came a few days after the removal of the ban on the African National Congress; founded a century ago and outlawed in 1960, it had transferred its headquarters abroad and opened what it termed an External Mission. For the thirty years following its banning, the ANC had fought relentlessly against the apartheid state. Finally voted into...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199330611
• ISBN13: 9780199330614
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"