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Author Wieder, Alan, 1949-

Title Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the war against apartheid [electronic resource] / Alan Wieder ; foreword by Nadine Gordimer.

Imprint New York : Monthly Review Press, 2013.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 390 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- From the shtetl to South Africa -- War, wits, politics and Ruth meets Joe -- Apartheid, children, and the beginning of the struggle -- The treason trials, and underground action -- Sharpeville, prison, and exile -- The initial exile : living in London -- Academics, writing, and activism : moving toward Africa -- Academics and revolution : taking the struggle home -- Assassination, grief, and expulsion from Maputo -- Lusaka, marriage, and the beginning of the journey home -- Home -- Election, ministry, resting in Soweto -- Epilogue.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject First, Ruth, 1925-1982.
Slovo, Joe.
Anti-apartheid activists -- South Africa -- Biography.
Political activists -- South Africa -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- South Africa -- Biography.
Communists -- South Africa -- Biography.
Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Gordimer, Nadine.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781583673560 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781583673577 (cloth : alk. paper)
1583673563 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1583673571 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781583673591 (e-book)

 
    
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