E6 :: Chapter 17: Swinging London

Call Number: E6
Title: Chapter 17: Swinging London
Dates: Oct 1966
Scope Content: Chapter content:
Mbeki moves to London to work full time for the ANC's propaganda section (from Oct 1966 until Feb 1969); the ANC exile community and the South African jazz scene, artists aiding the liberation movement; Mbeki dates Zanele Dlamini; a brief biography of Zanele Dlamini (includes her older sister Edith's marriage to British Grenville-Grey) ; Mbeki the missionary, recruiting friends to the Party; student uprisings across Western Europe, tumultuous 1968; Mbeki's ambivalence towards Western Europe's student movements (which were anti-Soviet), Mbeki a tankie (supported the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia); the YSS's involvement in international solidarity work as means to expand AAM's reach; the emergence of Chris Hani, Mbeki's rival, who went into exile for military training resenting the sons of leaders, groomed in European universities for leadership positions; Mbeki leaves for Moscow.