South African Political Exile in the United Kingdom

After 1948 many opponents of apartheid were forced out of South Africa. This accessible and readable account draws upon interviews with many of those involved to examine how those activists who came to the United Kingdom developed political organisations, social networks, ideologies and identities that supported their time in exile. It examines the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the African National Congress in exile and documents the violent attempts by the South African government to control exile activity. Finally, it investigates how exiles came to terms with the possibility that they might return.

Autorentext

MARK ISRAEL is Senior Lecturer in Law at the Flinders University of South Australia. His publications include work in the areas of migration and exile, criminology, victimology and racism.

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Preface and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations The Invisible Migrants State, Opposition and Exit Accounts of Exit South African Migration to Britain Exile Networks Exile and Identity The Opposition in Exile Conflict with the South African State The End of Exile Conclusion Bibliography Index