Lucas Mangope : a life / Oupa Segalwe.

First edition.

Cape Town : Tafelberg, 2024.

336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 24 cm

"[The author] incisively examines the public and private life of this traditional-leader-cum-elected politician, whose rise and fall coincided with the collapse of apartheid and that of the ill-advised homelands project. Segalwe compellingly traces how complex currents of self-enrichment, duty to his people, and serving the interests of all those he was indebted to played out. A balanced account of the life and times of the enigmatic Mangope, this book also sheds light on the experiences or ordinary people in an often overlooked but influential region of South Africa during the homelands era."--Back cover.

English

August 14, 2024

Includes bibliographical references and index