SELECTIVE MEMORIES,IMAGINES,AND REPRESENTATIONS OF CHIEF ALBERT JOHN LUTHULI IN RECENT POLITICAL DISCOURSE

Chief Albert Luthuli, anti-apartheid politics, AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, National President, nonviolent resistance, non-racialism, alliance politics, Nobel Peace Prize
Collection: 
Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
Creator: 
Jabulani Sithole and Sibongiseni Mkhize
Resource Type: 
Journal articles
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
South Africa
Resource Identifier: 
HIST SA South African Politics
File Type: 
Document
Extent: 
17 pages
Rights Holder: 
UKZN - Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre

Individuals,organizations,and institutions adopt prominent people as political symbols or a variety of reasons.They then produce conflicting memories and images of their chosen symbols. In this article we argue that multiple representations of celebrated public figures should not only be viewed in terms of a choice between "truths"and "lies."Using the case of Chief Albert Luthuli,the president of the African National Congress from 1952 to 1967..........

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