Oliver Tambo

Updated and revised biography that explores the complex relationship between Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo, and Tambo "s influence on the Mandela we revere today.

Oliver Tambo Remembered is a salute to one of South Africa’s most remarkable individuals. Originally published in 2007, this compilation of memories is a celebration of what would have been Oliver Reginald Tambo’s 90th birthday. It sees friends and associates remembering OR the leader, the comrade and the man. The contributions are written by people who encountered OR during his travels in Europe and the US, and who knew him whilst he was living in South Africa and in exile in Africa and the UK. This edition of Oliver Tambo Remembered is published in commemoration of his centenary on 27 October 2017. The pieces in this book celebrate not only the impact that OR had on South Africa’s future, but also the character of a selfless, compassionate leader, who raised the international profile of the ANC through his wise and intelligent guidance, his humility and integrity, and his unyielding commitment to the struggle.

This series honours the lives of southern African leaders who helped shape the history of the region. The books include activities for exploration in the classroom.

"The centenary of the birth of OR Tambo falls on 27 October 2017. Hugh Macmillan's pocket biography traces Tambo's role as a leader of the legal ANC through the Defiance Campaign, the Congress of the People and the Treason Trial, and his evolution from militant 'Africanism' towards acceptance of the idea of the ANC as a 'broad church' open to people of different racial groups and political persuasions. The freedom enjoyed today in South Africa can be attributed to his political zeal, his unique leadership qualities and the vision that kept the ANC together in exile in the face of great difficulties, and prepared the way for a negotiated end to apartheid and transition to democracy. Oliver Reginald Tambo passed away on the morning of 24 April 1993. His epitaph, in his own words, reads: "It is our responsibility to break down barriers of division and create a country where there will be neither whites nor blacks, just South Africans, free and united in diversity." This Jacana Pocket Biography analyses the sources of Tambo's strength as a leader, emphasising his integrity, his commitment to non-racial democracy, and the importance to him of religion, music and family."--Publisher's description

This unique collection of speeches, writings and rare interviews by the President of the African National Congress, with a foreword by Nelson Mandela, and compiled by Mrs Adelaide Tambo, both within South Africa and on a world-wide scale, over three decades. For much of this time Oliver Tambo had been the movement's leading spokesman.

This book comprises Tambo's addresses at United Nations committees and conferences.