'Looking back, I know that I was not a man that day': Nelson Mandela and the Ambiguities of Tradition in South Africa.
This article examines what Nelson Mandela's autobiography alludes to as 'Xhosa tradition' and its ambiguous relationship with African nationalism in the first half of the 20th century. I contrast Mandela's qualified embrace of tradition with the more directly negative attitudes towards ethnic custom...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 469 - 484 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2024
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