1st Edition
The Making of an African Communist: Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana And the Communist Party of South Africa 1927 to 1939
By Robert Edgar
Copyright 2025
78 Pages
by
Routledge
78 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is a short biography of the life of Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana – the General Secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa. Set against the backdrop of political crisis in South Africa, the subject matter in this book discusses Mofutsanyana’s political endeavors and his service and contribution to the freedom struggle.
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List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The way to Fox Street
2. Potchefstroom: A fighting location
Dingaan’s day
Protests and the lodger’s fee
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
Moscow
Faction fighting
The Marty Commission
A first-class bluff
Red, white and black
Splitting the Party
4. Conclusion
5, Bibliography
6. Index
Biography
Robert Edgar
