Overview

Part of a series which ensures that the debates and values that shaped the South African liberation movement are not lost, this powerful book provides insight into the nation's first Nobel Peace Prize winner, Albert John Luthuli. Updated to include new information that was only recently discovered, this history depicts Luthuli as a man with a vision that encompassed people of all races and beliefs in his country. A short biography introduces his life and times while the second part is comprised of his speeches and writings. Featuring a detailed transcript of Luthuli’s questioning at the historical Rivonia Trial, this study captures the thoughts and writings of a man who fought for the dismantling of apartheid, imparting the rich history behind the battle for democracy.

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Author:   Gerald Pillay
Publisher:   HSRC Press
Imprint:   HSRC Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.250kg
ISBN:  

9780796923561

ISBN 10:   0796923566
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   01 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not available  
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Table of Contents

His life: Early life; from Groutville to Adams College; from Adams College to Groutville; religious affiliation; his early political work; Luthuli of the ANC; the Nobel Prize for Peace and after; a concluding summary. His speeches: Wake up, Africans! Wake up!; the road to freedom is via the cross; Freedom Day message; freedom in our lifetime; resist apartheid!; the challenge of our time; the implications of the Freedom Charter; the African National Congress in recent years; what is aimed at with the African people; the struggle must go on; letter to the Prime Minister, JG Strijdom; our vision is a democratic society; Africa and freedom; we don't want crumbs; on the Rivonia Trial; excerpts from Chief Luthuli's evidence at the Treason Trial. His legacy: Bibliography and further reading.

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Professor Gerald John Pillay is Vice-Chancellor & Rector of Liverpool Hope University. He has a DPhil in Philosophical Theology from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. He was professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of South Africa for eight years during which time he was also a research fellow at Princeton University. In 1997 he became Foundation Professor and Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Otago University, New Zealand 's oldest University, where he also served as the first Head of Liberal Arts. He has served in various senior leadership roles at the University of South Africa, the Human Sciences Research Council in Pretoria and the University of Otago. Professor Pillay has published extensively and served on the editorial boards of two international journals (Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae and Verbum et Ecclesia). He was elected a Life Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA) in 2005, and received a commission to become a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Merseyside in 2009.

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