Cyril Ramaphosa
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1847013155 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 472 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
not me said Good History, Incomplete Biography. "Ramaphosa" is a smart book about Cyril Ramaphosa, one of South Africa's most enigmatic personalities. Ramaphosa's career has been a series of course-changes and reinventions. Starting public life as a Christian youth activist, he went on to found the National Union of Min
Anthony Butler is Associate Professor of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town
But after he failed to secure nomination as Deputy President, he left politics and became a successful businessman. It is a book that offers fresh insights, astute judgements and, above all, a deep sensitivity and understanding of how complex a life is. He came to prominence as the general secretary of the mineworkers' union in the 1980s and then as secretary general of the ANC after its unbanning. ANTHONY BUTLER is Associate Professor of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town US & Canada: Ohio University Press Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana): Jacana. He is widely credited with playing a major role in the negotiations that led to the democratic settlement in South Africa and in devising South Africa's constitution. This commanding biography tells the story of his life so far. Based on rich interviews with many of the subject's friends and contemporaries, it marries the historical context and the individual life in a way that brings Ramaphosa fully alive. Cyril Ramaphosa is one of the most popular political figures in South Africa, admired both within the ANC and outside
LEEDS AFRICAN STUDIES BULLETIN . Fluent and deeply informed. () A fine biography