A Global History of Anti-Apartheid

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Anti-Apartheid in Global History

   • Anna Konieczna, Rob Skinner

   Pages 1-30

3. The Globalisation of Anti-Apartheid

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. Humanitarianism and Human Rights in Global Anti-Apartheid

      • Rob Skinner

      Pages 33-65

   3. ‘We the People of the United Nations’: The UN and the Global Campaigns Against Apartheid

      • Anna Konieczna

      Pages 67-103

   4. From the Theory to the Practice of Liberation: Fanon, May ‘68 and the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa

      • Namara Burki

      Pages 105-130

4. Solidarities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Cuba and Apartheid

      • Adrien Delmas

      Pages 133-150

   3. Race, Socialism and Solidarity: Anti-Apartheid in Eastern Europe

      • Paul Betts, James Mark, Idesbald Goddeeris, Kim Christiaens

      Pages 151-200

5. Levers and Networks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

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   2. Yusuf Dadoo, India and South Africa’s Liberation Struggle

      • Arianna Lissoni

      Pages 203-238

   3. Anti-Apartheid Goes to Brussels: Forms of Transnational Cooperation Between the Anti-Apartheid Movements of the European Community Countries, 1977–1992

      • Lorenzo Ferrari

      Pages 239-264

   4. Afro-Asian Solidarity and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Japan

      • Kumiko Makino

      Pages 265-287

6. Global Histories

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289

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   2. Solidarity or Anti-Apartheid? The Polish Opposition and South Africa, 1976–1989

      • Kim Christiaens, Idesbald Goddeeris

      Pages 291-315

   3. Anti-Apartheid, Decolonization and Transnational Solidarity: The Namibian Case

      • Chris Saunders

      Pages 317-338

7. Back Matter

   Pages 339-345

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This book explores the global history of anti-apartheid and international solidarity with southern African freedom struggles from the 1960s. It examines the institutions, campaigns and ideological frameworks that defined the globalization of anti-apartheid, the ways in which the concept of solidarity was mediated by individuals, organizations and states, and considers the multiplicity of actors and interactions involved in generating and sustaining anti-apartheid around the world. It includes detailed accounts of key case studies from Europe, Asia, and Latin America, which illustrate the complex relationships between local and global agendas, as well as the diverse political cultures embodied in anti-apartheid. Taken together, these examples reveal the tensions and synergies, transnational webs and local contingencies that helped to create the sense of ‘being global’ that united worldwide anti-apartheid campaigns. 

• Social movement
• Global protest
• Decolonization
• Globality
• Cold War
• Networks
• Eastern Europe
• Latin America
• Asia
• Ideology
• Civil rights

• Paris, France

  Anna Konieczna

• Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

  Rob Skinner

Anna Konieczna is a teaching fellow at Sciences Po, France. Her research focuses on the history of international relations in Africa and the French foreign policy in Southern Africa.

Rob Skinner is a Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Bristol, UK. His published works include The Foundations of Anti-Apartheid (2010) and Modern South Africa in World History (2017).

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