All was not in vain: the autobiography of Lebona Mosia
OUTPUT TYPE: Monograph (Book)
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2022
TITLE AUTHOR(S): L.Mosia, C.Adonis, G.Houston, Y.Davids
KEYWORDS: AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC), LIBERATION STRUGGLES, MOSIA, LEBONA, UMKHONTO WE SIZWE
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9812237
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/19422
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/19422
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2022
TITLE AUTHOR(S): L.Mosia, C.Adonis, G.Houston, Y.Davids
KEYWORDS: AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC), LIBERATION STRUGGLES, MOSIA, LEBONA, UMKHONTO WE SIZWE
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9812237
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/19422
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/19422
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Abstract
Lebona Mosia was born on 18 January, 1952 in Alexandra Township. He was active in the June 1976 student protests, and left the country in August 1976. He travelled to Manzini in Swaziland where he joined the ANC and MK. He spent a number of years in ANC military camps in Angola. While in exile, he also furthered his training in politics and journalism in the former East Germany, Ghana and the United Kingdom. On his return to the country in December 1991, he joined Rhodes University as a political science lecturer. He later became Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1996 to 1999, and head of the Journalism Department from 1997 to 2002 at the Tshwane University of Technology. He left academia to join the public service, where he remained until his retirement. His is a story about sorrow, anger, redemption, loss, and healing. It is about fighting for what one believes in, it is about persevering in the face of what may seem like insurmountable obstacles, knowing that the price one pays is worth the sacrifice.-
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