Anc Youth League a Jacana Pocket History

The Youth League's Foundation in 1944 by Ashley Peter Mda, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo Marked the Rise of a New Generation of Leadership of South Africa's Black African Population. Clive Glaser's the Anc Youth League Presents the First Overview of the Anc Youth League From Its Origins in the 1940S to the Controversies of the Present Malema Era, Providing Implicit and Explicit Comparisons Between Earlier Youth League and Contemporary Youth League. It Analyses the Ideology and Tactics of Its Founders, Some of Whom (Notably Mandela and Tambo) Later Became Iconic Figures in South African History. It Also Shows How the Early Youth League Gave Birth Not Only to the Modern Anc but Also to Its Rival, the Pan African Congress. Dormant for Many Years, the Youth League, Infused With the Tradition of the Militant Youth Politics of the 1980S, Re-Emerged in the Transition Era Under the Leadership of Peter Mokaba. Throughout Its History the Youth League Tried to 'Dynamise' and Crit