The paradox of the politics of national liberation movements in post-colonial southern Africa : which way to go?

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-224
Author(s):  
Daniel Chigudu
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
National Liberation ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Liberation Movements

The International Hostages Convention and National Liberation Movements

1981 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wil D. Verwey
Keyword(s):  
National Liberation ◽  
State Party ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Liberation Movements ◽  
The U.S

On December 11, 1979, Anthony C. E. Quainton, Director of the U.S. State Department’s Office for Combatting Terrorism, responded to an inquiry about the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages, in particular its Article 12, by stating that the Convention “does not provide a loophole for members of national liberation movements or anyone else and does not supply a means by which any State Party to the Hostages Convention can escape the prosecute or extradite requirement.”

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.

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