This book taught me a lot about apartheid and Thabo Mbeki, whose name, I’m embarrassed to admit, didn’t mean anything to me until I tackled this. I’ve always been interested in the Russian Revolution, but this biography actually gave the best psychological picture of a revolutionary that I’ve ever read. One passage I underlined, about Mbeki’s childhood as the scion of African National Congress leader Govan Mbeki:“The Mbeki children were brought up to understand, from a very early age, that it wa...

This book taught me a lot about apartheid and Thabo Mbeki, whose name, I’m embarrassed to admit, didn’t mean anything to me until I tackled this. I’ve always been interested in the Russian Revolution, but this biography actually gave the best psychological picture of a revolutionary that I’ve ever read. One passage I underlined, about Mbeki’s childhood as the scion of African National Congress leader Govan Mbeki:“The Mbeki children were brought up to understand, from a very early age, that it wa...

This book taught me a lot about apartheid and Thabo Mbeki, whose name, I’m embarrassed to admit, didn’t mean anything to me until I tackled this. I’ve always been interested in the Russian Revolution, but this biography actually gave the best psychological picture of a revolutionary that I’ve ever read. One passage I underlined, about Mbeki’s childhood as the scion of African National Congress leader Govan Mbeki:“The Mbeki children were brought up to understand, from a very early age, that it wa...

This book taught me a lot about apartheid and Thabo Mbeki, whose name, I’m embarrassed to admit, didn’t mean anything to me until I tackled this. I’ve always been interested in the Russian Revolution, but this biography actually gave the best psychological picture of a revolutionary that I’ve ever read. One passage I underlined, about Mbeki’s childhood as the scion of African National Congress leader Govan Mbeki:“The Mbeki children were brought up to understand, from a very early age, that it wa...

By most accounts, Mark Gevisser's new book Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the future of the South African Dream is a masterful and sweeping biography of an immensely complex and influential man.I agree. Having completed my reading last week, I think I have gained some important insight into the experiences and ideologies that have shaped one of the most important leaders of the new South Africa.At the same time, I feel a bit tangled up by the book, ensnared in a mess of truth, impressions...

By most accounts, Mark Gevisser's new book Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the future of the South African Dream is a masterful and sweeping biography of an immensely complex and influential man.I agree. Having completed my reading last week, I think I have gained some important insight into the experiences and ideologies that have shaped one of the most important leaders of the new South Africa.At the same time, I feel a bit tangled up by the book, ensnared in a mess of truth, impressions...

By most accounts, Mark Gevisser's new book Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the future of the South African Dream is a masterful and sweeping biography of an immensely complex and influential man.I agree. Having completed my reading last week, I think I have gained some important insight into the experiences and ideologies that have shaped one of the most important leaders of the new South Africa.At the same time, I feel a bit tangled up by the book, ensnared in a mess of truth, impressions...

By most accounts, Mark Gevisser's new book Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the future of the South African Dream is a masterful and sweeping biography of an immensely complex and influential man.I agree. Having completed my reading last week, I think I have gained some important insight into the experiences and ideologies that have shaped one of the most important leaders of the new South Africa.At the same time, I feel a bit tangled up by the book, ensnared in a mess of truth, impressions...

By most accounts, Mark Gevisser's new book Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the future of the South African Dream is a masterful and sweeping biography of an immensely complex and influential man.I agree. Having completed my reading last week, I think I have gained some important insight into the experiences and ideologies that have shaped one of the most important leaders of the new South Africa.At the same time, I feel a bit tangled up by the book, ensnared in a mess of truth, impressions...

By most accounts, Mark Gevisser's new book Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the future of the South African Dream is a masterful and sweeping biography of an immensely complex and influential man.I agree. Having completed my reading last week, I think I have gained some important insight into the experiences and ideologies that have shaped one of the most important leaders of the new South Africa.At the same time, I feel a bit tangled up by the book, ensnared in a mess of truth, impressions...

By most accounts, Mark Gevisser's new book Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the future of the South African Dream is a masterful and sweeping biography of an immensely complex and influential man.I agree. Having completed my reading last week, I think I have gained some important insight into the experiences and ideologies that have shaped one of the most important leaders of the new South Africa.At the same time, I feel a bit tangled up by the book, ensnared in a mess of truth, impressions...

By most accounts, Mark Gevisser's new book Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the future of the South African Dream is a masterful and sweeping biography of an immensely complex and influential man.I agree. Having completed my reading last week, I think I have gained some important insight into the experiences and ideologies that have shaped one of the most important leaders of the new South Africa.At the same time, I feel a bit tangled up by the book, ensnared in a mess of truth, impressions...

By most accounts, Mark Gevisser's new book Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the future of the South African Dream is a masterful and sweeping biography of an immensely complex and influential man.I agree. Having completed my reading last week, I think I have gained some important insight into the experiences and ideologies that have shaped one of the most important leaders of the new South Africa.At the same time, I feel a bit tangled up by the book, ensnared in a mess of truth, impressions...

By most accounts, Mark Gevisser's new book Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the future of the South African Dream is a masterful and sweeping biography of an immensely complex and influential man.I agree. Having completed my reading last week, I think I have gained some important insight into the experiences and ideologies that have shaped one of the most important leaders of the new South Africa.At the same time, I feel a bit tangled up by the book, ensnared in a mess of truth, impressions...

This book is very well written and gives insightful meaning to the man Thabo Mbeki,that assumed the presidency after Nelson Mandela.

This book is very well written and gives insightful meaning to the man Thabo Mbeki,that assumed the presidency after Nelson Mandela.

This book is very well written and gives insightful meaning to the man Thabo Mbeki,that assumed the presidency after Nelson Mandela.

This book is very well written and gives insightful meaning to the man Thabo Mbeki,that assumed the presidency after Nelson Mandela.

This book is very well written and gives insightful meaning to the man Thabo Mbeki,that assumed the presidency after Nelson Mandela.