The Next Liberation Struggle: Capitalism, socialism and democracy in Southern Africa, by John S. Saul

2007 ◽  
Vol 106 (423) ◽  
pp. 342-344
Author(s):  
Greg Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Liberation Struggle

The Last Years of Apartheid

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 60-63
Author(s):  
Herbert Vilakazi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Revolutionary War ◽  
Armed Struggle ◽  
Peaceful Resolution ◽  
Liberation Movement ◽  
Blacks And Whites ◽  
Liberation Struggle ◽  
Racial Problem

“Everything in Russia is ‘as of old’, at the top.But there is also something new, at the bottom.”Lenin, 1911The most crucial factor overhanging any discussion of Southern Africa today is the imminent revolutionary war between blacks and whites in South Africa. The Sharpeville Massacre of 1960 and the suppression of the ANC and PAC forced upon the leaders of the liberation movement the conclusion that only the violence of the oppressed against the white regime will bring about freedom for the blacks. Sharpeville, therefore, marked a watershed in the liberation struggle, in that the leadership of the liberation organizations abandoned hope of a peaceful resolution of the racial problem. They then proceeded, abroad, to begin preparations for the armed struggle.

Imperialism and the Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 14-16
Author(s):  
Nzongola Ntalaja
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Racial Oppression ◽  
Extreme Form ◽  
Popular Movement ◽  
Liberation Movements ◽  
Liberation Struggle ◽  
White Settlers ◽  
Portuguese Colonialism

After the victories of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) and the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against Portuguese colonialism, the liberation struggle in Southern Africa today consists of the heroic efforts being made by the black and brown peoples of South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe to destroy the system of racial oppression established in these countries by white settlers. This system, known in its extreme form of economic explotation and political and cultural oppression as apartheid in South Africa and Namibia, is closely tied to the survival of imperialist interests in Southern Africa. This is why any analysis of the difficulties being faced by the liberation movements of Southern Africa must include a discussion of the specific articulation of imperialism and settler colonialism in this area. For it provides the context in which the African liberation struggle must be understood.

scholarly journals Zimbabwe, Ten Years of Independent Development. A General Overview

Afrika Focus ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine Vandermeulen
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
International Community ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
General Overview ◽  
Liberation Struggle ◽  
Short Presentation

It will be obvious from my face that I feel very proud to welcome you at this seminar. I am pleased to see that we are so many to be interested in Zimbabwe, but I also feel embarrassed. Ten minutes to portray ten years of independent development of a country, one minute for each year, seems a bit unfair towards that country and its people. Especially, if we want to take into account the fact that it is located in the troubled region of Southern Africa and of the high expectations that both the local and international community might have had after more than ten years of liberation struggle. You will understand that the scope of my presentation can only be limited and general, and I hope that you will accept my apologies for these important issues which I will not be able to mention during this short presentation. 

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