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In this concise biography, ideally suited for the classroom, Adekeye Adebajo seeks to illuminate former South African president Thabo Mbeki’s contradictions and situate him in a pan-African pantheon.

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“The author’s readable style summarizes the contours of Mbeki’s life from his childhood with activist parents to student defiance of apartheid, then exile to Britain and across Africa, where Oliver Tambo groomed him for leadership…. The book succeeds as a balanced, easy-to-read, yet insightful biography. Like other titles in the “Ohio Short Histories of Africa” series, students will benefit from the book’s succinctness … Summing Up: Recommended.” * CHOICE *
“The book meticulously captures the thoughts, personality and idiosyncrasies of a man whose legacy in South Africa and abroad is mixed.…Departing from other biographies of Mbeki, the book offers a careful analytical balance between Mbeki’s domestic policy and foreign policy.…At a time [when] the African continent is toying with the idea of new Pan-Africanism – imbued with Mbeki’s idea of African renaissance, the book can offer an important historical context to the same.” * Africa@LSE *

Thabo Mbeki

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      Publisher Ohio University Press
      Published 15 May 2017
      ISBN-13 9780821422748
      978-0821422748
      ISBN-10 082142274X
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      Political leaders and leadership

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this concise biography, ideally suited for the classroom, Adekeye Adebajo seeks to illuminate former South African president Thabo Mbeki’s contradictions and situate him in a pan-African pantheon.

      Trade Review
      “The author’s readable style summarizes the contours of Mbeki’s life from his childhood with activist parents to student defiance of apartheid, then exile to Britain and across Africa, where Oliver Tambo groomed him for leadership…. The book succeeds as a balanced, easy-to-read, yet insightful biography. Like other titles in the “Ohio Short Histories of Africa” series, students will benefit from the book’s succinctness … Summing Up: Recommended.” * CHOICE *
      “The book meticulously captures the thoughts, personality and idiosyncrasies of a man whose legacy in South Africa and abroad is mixed.…Departing from other biographies of Mbeki, the book offers a careful analytical balance between Mbeki’s domestic policy and foreign policy.…At a time [when] the African continent is toying with the idea of new Pan-Africanism – imbued with Mbeki’s idea of African renaissance, the book can offer an important historical context to the same.” * Africa@LSE *

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